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Merck CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Robert M. Davis is the Merck's CEO. Merck has 74,000 employees, of which 74 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Merck executive team is 57% female and 43% male.
  • 60% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Merck management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Robert M. Davis

Chief Executive Officer and President

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Robert M. Davis is corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Medical Products business. In this position, Davis oversees a range of products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients, and in the treatment of end-stage kidney disease. Davis took on his current role in October 2010. Prior to this role, Davis served as corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Renal business. He served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer from 2006 through May 2010, and as treasurer from 2004 through 2006. Davis joined Baxter as treasurer in November 2004 from Eli Lilly and Company, where he served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility over 14 years. Davis currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Rush University Medical Center and also serves as a member of the Finance Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of AdvaMed.

George Merck

Founder

Theodore Weicker

Founder

David Michael Williams

EVP, Chief Info&Digital Officer

Richard R. Deluca Jr

EVP&Pres

Sanat Chattopadhyay

Executive Vice President and President

Caroline A. Litchfield

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dean Y. Li

Executive VP & President

Jennifer Zachary

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Michael A. Klobuchar

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

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George Merck

Founder

Theodore Weicker

Founder

Merck board members

Name & TitleBio
Robert M. Davis

Chief Executive Officer and President

Robert M. Davis's LinkedIn

Robert M. Davis is corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Medical Products business. In this position, Davis oversees a range of products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients, and in the treatment of end-stage kidney disease. Davis took on his current role in October 2010. Prior to this role, Davis served as corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Renal business. He served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer from 2006 through May 2010, and as treasurer from 2004 through 2006. Davis joined Baxter as treasurer in November 2004 from Eli Lilly and Company, where he served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility over 14 years. Davis currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Rush University Medical Center and also serves as a member of the Finance Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of AdvaMed.

Kenneth C. Frazier

CEO

Kenneth Carleton Frazier (born) is an American business executive. He is executive chairman and former CEO of the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. (known as MSD outside of North America). After joining Merck & Co. as general counsel, he directed the company's defense against litigation over the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx. Frazier is the first African American man to lead a major pharmaceutical company (part of the Fortune 500 companies). He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.

Pamela J. Craig

Board Member

Peter C. Wendell

Board Member

Mary Ellen Coe

Board Member

Patricia Fiorello Russo

Board Member

Paul B. Rothman

Board Member

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Board Member

Thomas Henry Glocer

Board Member

Bruce A. Beutel

Board Member

Merck leadership demographics

Merck gender distribution in management team

  • The Merck executive team is 57% female and 43% male.
  • Merck is 46% female and 54% male company-wide.
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Male
43%
Company-wide: 54%
Female
Female
57%
Company-wide: 46%

Merck executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Merck executive officers is White.
  • 60% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Merck's management is Asian.
  • 12% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 56% of employees are White.
  • 16% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 14% of employees are Asian.
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What employees say about the executives at Merck

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2021
Pros of working at Merck

Compensation, Benefits and career advancement

Cons of working at Merck

Corporate politics

Merck benefits

Health Care

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2021
Pros of working at Merck

Good pay

Cons of working at Merck

Too rigid management structures

Merck benefits

Paid leave, certifications and development

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Merck

The people and the corporate values

Cons of working at Merck

Nothing

Merck benefits

The environment and the pay for performance mentality

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2020
Pros of working at Merck

Great pay, good shift pattern, good team, good management

Merck benefits

All overtime is double time

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2020
Pros of working at Merck

Great team and very knowledgeable

Cons of working at Merck

Nothing

Merck benefits

Team Environment and after work gatherings

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2019
Pros of working at Merck

Easy money for very little effort

Cons of working at Merck

Poor leadership

Merck benefits

15 hour work week in field sales

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