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Medtronic operational headquarters in Fridley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Medtronic was founded in 1949 in Minneapolis by Earl Bakken and his brother-in-law, Palmer Hermundslie, as a medical equipment repair shop. [8] Bakken invented several medical technology devices that continue to be used around the world today. [citation needed]
Following his graduation from Duke, Hawkins began his medical technology career with Carolina Medical Electronics in 1977. Prior to joining Medtronic in 2002, Hawkins was the president and CEO of Novoste from 1998 to 2002. Hawkins is a member of the board of visitors of Duke's engineering school. [3]
Winston Roger Wallin (6 March 1926 – 20 December 2010) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic from 1985-1991 [1] and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pillsbury from 1977 to 1985. [2]
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[1] [2] In 1989, he joined Medtronic as president and chief operating officer. [1] [2] He was elected chief executive officer in 1991 and chairman of the board in 1996. [1] [2] He was a professor at the Harvard Business School in Boston from 2004 to 2016 and is currently a senior fellow.
Assessing CEOs by their financial track record “may be using the wrong criterion,” says former Medtronic CEO Bill George, who teaches programs for CEOs at Harvard Business School. In stage ...
Former Medtronic CEO Bill George joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss corporate leadership, where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went wrong, the generational shift from Baby Boomers to Gen X and ...
Prior to his business career, he served as an officer in the US Navy, and taught naval sciences at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. [9] He worked as a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, [10] an executive at Abbott Laboratories, [11] and as an executive at Medtronic Inc. from 1992 to 2007, [12] stepping down as CEO.