ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
Sector: Health Care
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Sector: Health Care
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Director information for ABT
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| ABT | Retired Chairman, President and CEO, St. Jude Medical, Inc.; Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 71 | ["Executive Chairman of the Board of St. Jude Medical, Inc.","Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical","President and Chief Operating Officer of St. Jude Medical","President and CEO, Cardiac Rhythm Management Business of St. Jude Medical","Comprehensive knowledge of the medical device industry","Extensive business and management experience operating a global public company in a highly regulated industry"] | ["Compensation (Chair)","Public Policy","Executive"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Executive Chairman of the Board of St. Jude Medical, Inc., a medical device manufacturer, from January 2016 to January 2017, when Abbott completed its acquisition of St. Jude Medical. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Medical from 2004 until his retirement in January 2016. President and Chief Operating Officer of St. Jude Medical from 2001 to 2004. President and CEO, Cardiac Rhythm Management Business of St. Jude Medical from 1997 to 2001.
Having served as St. Jude Medical s Executive Chairman and its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and having joined St. Jude Medical in 1996, Mr. Starks contributes not only comprehensive and critical knowledge of the medical device industry, but also extensive business and management experience operating a global public company in a highly regulated industry.