Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. (born February 23, 1943) is the former chief executive officer and former chairman of the board of directors of Pfizer Inc. He is also a director of ExxonMobil and Moody's.
He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally worked toward a degree in Chemistry but later changed his declared degree to Business. He earned his bachelors degree for business from the University of British Columbia in 1965. Later, h...
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Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. (born February 23, 1943) is the former chief executive officer and former chairman of the board of directors of Pfizer Inc. He is also a director of ExxonMobil and Moody's.
He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally worked toward a degree in Chemistry but later changed his declared degree to Business. He earned his bachelors degree for business from the University of British Columbia in 1965. Later, he earned his masters and doctorate in business administration (finance subfield) from Stanford Business School.
His first job offer (ironically) was for Pfizer, but he instead chose to work at American Standard for three years (1969-1971). He later joined Pfizer in early 1971. Over the course of the next 32 years, McKinnell climbed his way up several positions.
His career at Pfizer included the following positions: 1971–1979, various international posts; 1979–1985, president of Pfizer Asia; 1992–1995, executive vice president; 1995–97,...
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