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“I was excited to join Rob, Dan and the whole BSIP team after a career as a PE-backed and public company operator. It is incredibly humbling and rewarding to work with founders and senior leaders to help them achieve their dreams and drive outstanding business outcomes.”
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As President and CEO, Dan led the successful sale of the company to Gryphon Investors in 2016. In 2010, he joined Bausch + Lomb as Executive Vice President and Global President, Pharmaceuticals. Dan has also worked for Merck & Co., Schering-Plough, Pfizer Inc. and The Upjohn Company.
- 1977 to 1981 – Michael Scott
- 1981 to 1983 – Mike Markkula
- 1983 to 1993 – John Sculley
- 1993 to 1996 – Michael Spindler
- 1996 to 1997 – Gil Amelio
- 1997 to 2011 (with Exceptions) – Steve Jobs
- 2011 – Present : Tim Cook
Michael Scott came to Apple from National Semiconductor after being persuaded by Apple’s third employee Mike Markkula (more on him later) to take the position as the company’s first CEO as both Steve Jobs and Steve Woziak were seen to be too inexperienced for the role. Scott was reportedly behind a ban on typewriters at Apple, fired 40 Apple employ...
Mike Markkula became an investor in Apple – providing it with $250,000 ($80,000 as an equity investment in the company and $170,000 as a loan) – also becoming its third employee in 1977. As CEO, he helped to market the first two Apple computers, providing the company with credit and venture capital. He originally said that he would remain at Apple ...
A former PepsiCo CEO, John Sculley was brought to Apple to use his marketing skills to help the company sell computers. Sculley is well-known for his disagreements with Steve Jobs, who in 1985 began to lose control of his teams, leading Sculley and other top executives to strip him of all operational responsibilities. However his strategy as CEO sa...
Nicknamed “The Diesel”, Michael Spindler worked his way up through the ranks in Apple’s European operations, becoming Apple Europe’s President, replacing John Sculley as CEO in 1993. Spindler is credited with the failure of the Newton and the Copland operating system, but also reported to have led takeover discussions with IBM, Sun and Philips, bef...
Gil Amelio was the CEO of National Semiconductor before joining Apple in 1996, despite already being on the company’s Board of Directors. Amelio helped to overturn the company’s low quality products and introduced Mac OS 8, buying Steve Jobs’ NeXT for $429 million. Within a year, Apple’s stock slumped to a 12 year low, leading to Amelio losing his ...
Named as the interim CEO of Apple in 1997, Jobs’ main aim was to make the company profitable again. He cut numerous projects, leading staff to fear being in an isolated location with him for fear of being fired. The new CEO helped create Mac OS X, introducing the iMac and other new products before he took the official position as CEO in 2000. Jobs ...
Taking over from Steve Jobs as of today, Tim Cookis known for being a calm, collected and quiet man, quite unlike the very animated style of his predecessor. Although his work style is fairly intensive to the point that he is often described as a “workaholic”. This is not the first time that Cook has served as Apple CEO, having stepped into the bre...
Chairman at NavaDerm Partners LLC, Discover Daniel Wechsler's known position history, network and 38 relationships. Find out about his known public assets.
Dan Wechsler, a seasoned Healthcare executive with 28 years of experience, has joined BSIP as a partner leading Healthcare investments. In addition to BSIP, Dan serves as the Executive Chairman of Navaderm, a BelHealth Partners investment focused on Dermatology.
