Ralph S Larsen

Former chief executive officer at Johnson & Johnson

After graduating with a BBA from Hofstra University, Mr. Larsen joined Johnson & Johnson in 1962. In 1981, he left Johnson & Johnson to serve as president of Becton Dickinson's consumer products division and returned to Johnson & Johnson in 1983 as president of its Chicopee subsidiary. In 1986, Mr. Larsen was named a company group chairman and later that year became vice chairman of the executive committee and chairman of the consumer sector. He was elected a director in 1987 and served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1989 to 2002. Mr. Larsen is also a director of Xerox Corporation and a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. During Larsen’s 13-year tenure as CEO, New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J spent $21.7 billion to acquire more than 40 companies, building an enterprise that sold products as diverse as Band-Aid adhesive bandages, hip implants and drugs. He also reduced operating costs by $2 billion from 1994 to 1999, enabling J&J to compete more aggressively in the personal care market, according to his profile on Harvard Business School’s website. J&J’s market value was $196.9 billion when he retired in 2002, up from $14.7 billion when he took control in 1989. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years starting in 1956, then studied business administration at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, from which he received a bachelor’s degree in 1962. Larsen served as vice president of marketing at the company’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit in 1980 and 1981, when J&J expanded beyond doctors with its marketing campaign for Tylenol. The effort failed to net Larsen a position as president of McNeil, which he felt he deserved, according to the Times story. The fissure led Larsen to quit the company in 1981 and he moved to Becton Dickinson & Co., based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, where he served as president of consumer products. He returned to J&J in 1983 as president of the Chicopee division, which made fabrics for bandages. He was named company vice chairman in 1986, and won the CEO job three years later. He joined General Electric Co.’s board in 2002, soon after Jeffrey Immelt replaced Jack Welch as CEO, and became lead director, stepping down in 2014. He married the former Dorothy Zeitfuss in 1961. The couple had three children: Karen, Kristen and Garret.

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William C Steere Jr	Susan Collins, Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
John R Stafford	Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Phil Gramm, Robert Guy Torricelli, Robert Douglas Franks, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
David S Mack	Susan Collins, Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Robert Guy Torricelli, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, Mitt Romney
Lanny Griffith	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, Dick Zimmer, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Stephen Schwarzman	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, Claudine Schneider, George W Bush, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Henry Kravis	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, Claudine Schneider, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Thomas E McInerney	Susan Collins, Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, ORRINPAC, Mitt Romney
Charles A Heimbold	Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Robert Guy Torricelli, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush
Ed Rogers	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Robert A Day	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Lewis M Eisenberg	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Kenneth J Bialkin	Susan Collins, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Phil Gramm, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
George Klein	Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Bryce L Harlow	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Susan Collins, Jim Cooper, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Connie Mack IV, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Robert Douglas Franks, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Mitt Romney
J Steven Hart	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Gordon Harold Smith, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Kevin W Kennedy	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Margaret Scafati Roukema, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Edgar Bronfman Jr	Michael Ferguson, Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, American Success Political Action Committee, ORRINPAC, George H W Bush
Woody Johnson	Susan Collins, Elizabeth Dole, Michael Ferguson, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Barry S Friedberg	Orrin Hatch, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Phil Gramm, Robert Guy Torricelli, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Bob Packwood, George W Bush, Dick Zimmer, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney

Ralph S Larsen

Former chief executive officer at Johnson & Johnson

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