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  1. Miles D. White (born 1955) is an American businessman. [1] . He had a 38-year career with Abbott Laboratories, most prominently being CEO between 1999 and 2020. [2] [3] Early life and education. Miles White was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He went to Culver Military Academy at age 13. [4] .

  2. Dec 10, 2021 · CLOSE. ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Dec. 10, 2021 / PRNewswire / -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Chief Executive Officer Robert B. Ford as Chairman of the Board, effective today. Miles D. White, executive chairman and former CEO, will step down from the Abbott Board effective today and will retire after a ...

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    White gained his earliest experiences as a leader when he was a high-school student at Culver Military Academy in Indiana. There White was taught leadership skills based on the servant-leader model, which emphasized the importance of serving others before taking any directive action. He was able to put these skills into practice in his roles as cap...

    White was then promoted through a series of management positions in Abbott's diagnostics division, including in marketing and research, before being named head of the division in 1994. As revenues from diagnostics had been growing at less than 4 percent annually when he took charge, White was aggressive in pushing the division into new markets. In ...

    Although the company White inherited had produced steady earnings for decades, it had also failed to keep pace with competitors in terms of spending on research and acquisitions. At the time of White's appointment Abbott spent $600 million on pharmaceutical R&D, well under the $1–2 billion analysts thought the company needed to spend in order to ma...

    Although doubts lingered about White's leadership, Abbott's stock rebounded by 2001, rising to $50 a share from a low of $29; company earnings rose as well. Hence, despite the collapse of the Alza deal, White was in a position to continue aggressively pursuing acquisitions. In 2001 he successfully engineered a nearly $7 billion agreement with BASF ...

  3. www.forbes.com › profile › miles-whiteMiles White - Forbes

    PROFILE. Miles White. CEO, Abbott Laboratories. About Miles White. White serves as the CEO of the healthcare company Abbott, where he has worked since 1984 and filled the top executive...

  4. Sep 23, 2015 · Miles D. White is retired Chairman and CEO of Abbott, a global healthcare company with a… · Education: Stanford University · Location: North Chicago · 2 connections on LinkedIn.

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  5. Nov 13, 2019 · Miles White, Abbott’s iconic Chairman and CEO, is stepping down after a remarkable 21-year tenure, effective March 31, 2020. Robert Ford, Abbott’s President and COO, will become CEO at that time and Mr. White will remain Executive Chairman. Two Decades of Transformation

  6. Dec 10, 2021 · Miles D. White, executive chairman and former CEO, will step down from the Abbott Board effective today and will retire after a remarkable 38-year career with the Company.

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