Henry McKinnell

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Henry McKinnell (born February 23 1943) is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of Pfizer Inc. He is also a director of ExxonMobil and Moody's. He was born in Victoria, BC, Canada. He originally worked toward a degree in Chemistry but later changed his declared degree to Business. He earned his bachelors degree for business from the University of British Columbia in 1965. Later, he earned his masters and doctorate from Stanford University.

Career

His first job offer (ironically) was for Pfizer, but he instead chose to work at American Standard for three years (1969-1971). He later joined Pfizer in early 1971. Over the course of the next 32 years, McKinnell climbed his way up several positions. His career at Pfizer included the following positions: 1971–1979, various international posts; 1979–1985, president of Pfizer Asia; 1992–1995, executive vice president; 1995–97, executive vice president and CFO; 1997–1999, executive vice president and president of Global Pharmaceuticals Group; 1999–2001, president of Global Pharmaceuticals Group, president, and COO; 2001–, chairman and CEO" [link] He is currently CEO, as of January 2001 and named chairman in April 2001.

According to documents Pfizer filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. McKinnell received a base salary in 2005 of $2,270,500, and a bonus of $3,700,000. He also received $145,814 in other compensation (primarily tax payments made by Pfizer on behalf of employees), and nearly $5.5 million in long-term incentive payouts.

Mr. McKinnell has, according to documents filed with the Federal Elections Commission, donated mainly to Republican Party candidates. He has donated to George W. Bush, John Thune, Chuck Grassley, and others.

According to the same FEC documents, Mr. McKinnell lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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