Dennis Gillings
$2.2B
Born
Apr 25, 1944
Age
81
Source of Wealth
Clinical trials
Residence
Durham, North Carolina
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
- Dennis Gillings is the founder and former CEO and chairman of clinical research firm Quintiles Transnational, which changed its name to IQVIA in 2017.
- Gillings, a former biostatistics professor, launched Quintiles in 1982 with the goal of making clinical trials for drugs faster and more efficient.
- Gillings retired from the board of IQVIA in April 2018. He still serves as a partner of healthcare-focused investment firm NovaQuest Capital.
- In November 2019, NovaQuest raised $275 million for its first private equity fund. The firm manages about $2.75 billion in assets.
- Quintiles reached annual revenues of $5.7 billion before merging with healthcare data firm IMS Health in 2016.
- Gillings received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth in 2004 for his work in the pharmaceutical industry.
- The University of North Carolina's school of global public health is named for Gillings. He donated $50 million to the university in 2007.
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