Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb?

The CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb is Giovanni Caforio.

Q: Who is the founder of Bristol-Myers Squibb?

John Myers, William Bristol and E. R. Squibb founded Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Giovanni Caforio is the Bristol-Myers Squibb's CEO. Bristol-Myers Squibb has 30,000 employees, of which 92 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Bristol-Myers Squibb executive team is 50% female and 50% male.
63% of the management team is White.
10% of Bristol-Myers Squibb management is Hispanic or Latino.
12% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Giovanni Caforio

CEO

Dr. Caforio has been our Chief Executive Officer since May 2015. He was our Chief Executive Officer Designate from January to May 2015, our Chief Operating Officer from June 2014 to May 2015, and he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer from November 2013 to June 2014.

From October 2011 to November 2013, he served as President, U.S. He held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Commercialization and Immunology from May 2010 to October 2011. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Oncology, U.S. and Global Commercialization from March 2009 to May 2010.

From January 2007 to March 2009 he served as Senior Vice President, U.S. Oncology and from May 2004 to January 2007, he served as Senior Vice President, European Marketing and Brand Commercialization.

Dr. Caforio is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hun School of Princeton and a member of the Business Roundtable, CEO Roundtable on Cancer and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and The Prium.

John Myers

Founder

William Bristol

Founder

E. R. Squibb

Founder

Ann M. Powell

Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Ms. Powell is the current EVP, Global Chief Human Resource Officer for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS).

Ms. Powell has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility across several industries over a 30-year career focused on talent and culture. Prior to joining BMS in 2013, Ms. Powell was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Shire Pharmaceuticals. She holds a B.S. degree from Iowa State University, a Master's degree in Industrial Relations, University of Minnesota, and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®).

Chris Boerner

Executive Vice President, Chief Commercialization Officer

Chris Boerner is an Exec VP/Pres:Hematology/Chief Commercial Ofcr at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO and President & Head:US Commercial Bus at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO and is based in Bothell, Washington. He has experience at Genentech and McKinsey & Company and has worked as Exec VP:Commercial at SEATTLE GENETICS INC /WA, Exec VP/Chief Commercial Ofcr at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO, and Head:Intl Markets at BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO. Christopher attended Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley, University of California Berkeley between 1997 and 2001, and Washington University in St LO.

David V. Elkins

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Samit Hirawat

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

Experienced Executive Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Skilled in Biomarkers, Clinical Research, Life Sciences, Oncology, and CRO Management. Strong consulting professional with a Medical Oncology Fellowship focused in Oncology from Don Monti Division of Medical Oncology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY.

Sandra Leung

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Cari Gallman

Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer

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Bristol-Myers Squibb founders

Name & TitleBio

John Myers

Founder

William Bristol

Founder

E. R. Squibb

Founder

Bristol-Myers Squibb board members

Name & TitleBio

Giovanni Caforio

CEO

Chris Boerner

Executive Vice President, Chief Commercialization Officer

Gerald Storch

Board Member

Lamberto Andreotti

Board Member

Thomas J. Lynch Jr

Board Member

Vicki Sato

Board Member

Brian Cook

Board Member

Dinesh Paliwal

Board Member

Gregg Jewett

Board Member

John Fortin

Board Member

Bristol-Myers Squibb leadership demographics

Bristol-Myers Squibb gender distribution in management team

The Bristol-Myers Squibb executive team is 50% female and 50% male.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is 47% female and 53% male company-wide.

Male

50%

Company-wide: 53%

Female

50%

Company-wide: 47%

Bristol-Myers Squibb executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Bristol-Myers Squibb executive officers is White.
63% of the management team is White.
12% of Bristol-Myers Squibb's management is Black or African American.
11% of the management team is Asian.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
55% of employees are White.
19% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
13% of employees are Asian.

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What employees say about the executives at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Employee reviews

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023

Pros of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

I didn't

Cons of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Terrible management, harmful work culture, rampant miscommunication and mismanagement, no accountability from leadership, no opportunity to grow or improve

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023

Pros of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

I I enjoy the friends I had met there and the learning experience they had taught me for the 2 years I was there.

Cons of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

The unfairness of Human resource and management not having your best intrested. Only having one side stories, while human resource well some bullty the manager and tell them how its going to go.

Bristol-Myers Squibb benefits

The free gym membership. and the unlimted days off which I did not take advantage of. Also to bonuses we get at the end of the year.

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2022

Pros of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Vision of the company, focus on patient

Cons of working at Bristol-Myers Squibb

New leadership, recent management changes

Bristol-Myers Squibb benefits

Remote work, educational benefit

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Updated November 18, 2022

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