Stefano Pessina
$6.1B
Born
Jun 04, 1941
Age
84
Source of Wealth
Drugstores
Residence
Monte Carlo,
Citizenship
Monaco
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
- Stefano Pessina is the chairman of drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance.
- Pessina's journey began in 1977 when he took over his family's pharmaceutical wholesaler, ultimately renamed Alliance Sant?, in Naples, Italy.
- He eventually expanded beyond Italy, merging his wholesaler with UniChem Group in 1997 and Boots Group in 2006.
- A year later, Pessina took Alliance Boots private in a reported $22 billion deal with private equity firm KKR.
- Between 2012 and 2014, Walgreens bought 100% of his pharmacy chain, creating Walgreens Boots Alliance.
- Pessina is a nuclear engineer by training; he owns a yacht and is known to collect art.
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