Doctor-turned-CEO, earns more than Rs 1 crore every week, who is Vasanth Narasimhan?

New Delhi. Vasant Narasimhan of Indian origin is the CEO of America’s big pharma company Novartis. Narasimhan is one of the highest paid CEOs of Indian origin globally. Narasimhan took over the reins of Swiss MNC Novartis in 2018 and has since been leading the $185 billion (Rs 15,29,000 crore) market cap company. Let us tell you that Narasimhan started in healthcare not as a manager but as a trained doctor. Narasimhan, an American citizen of Indian origin, is the youngest CEO among all global pharmaceutical companies.

Doctor-turned-CEO Narasimhan has worked for some of the biggest companies in the world. Vasanth Narasimhan became a doctor from Harvard Medical School. Narasimhan’s growth is compared to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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Who is Vasanth Narasimhan
While Vasanth Narasimhan was born and raised in the United States, his parents were originally from Tamil Nadu. Narasimhan also worked on child poverty in India during his college days. He adopted healthcare as a career. He received a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Chicago, and an MD from the prestigious Harvard Medical School and a master’s in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1970, his father had reached America from Tamil Nadu.

Narasimhan began his career with McKenzie & Company, Inc. He joined Novartis in 2005 and served in various leadership roles at the pharma giant for over a decade. In between, he also worked at Sandoz International. According to the Novartis Annual Report 2022, Narasimhan’s total released compensation was over Rs 75.5 crore.

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