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Pascal Soriot

Sir Pascal Claude Roland Soriot (born 23 May 1959) is a French-born Australian businessman and chief executive of the British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca.[1]

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Pascal Claude Roland Soriot

(1959-05-23) 23 May 1959 (age 65)
France
Citizenship
  • French
  • Australian
EducationÉcole nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
HEC Paris
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1982–present
TitleCEO, AstraZeneca
Term2012–
Children2
HonoursKnight Bachelor
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Early life

Soriot was born in France on 23 May 1959.[2] His father died when he was 20.[3]

He studied veterinary medicine at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort at Maisons-Alfort in Paris.[2] He later obtained an MBA at HEC Paris.[1]

Career

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Roussel Uclaf

In April 1986, he joined Roussel Uclaf (formerly France's second largest pharmaceutical company, until bought by Hoechst AG in 1997) as a salesman in Australia.[2][4] In 1996, he became General Manager of Hoechst Marion Roussel in Australia, moving to Tokyo in April 1997.[5]

Aventis

In 2000 he moved to Aventis in America, becoming chief operating officer of Aventis USA in 2002, which became Sanofi Aventis USA in 2004.[6][7]

Roche

He joined Roche in 2006 as head of marketing.[5] From April 2009 to 2010, he was chief executive of the Roche subsidiary Genentech. He rejoined Roche Pharma AG in 2010 as chief operating officer.[8]

AstraZeneca

In August 2012 he was named as the new chief executive of AstraZeneca,[9] the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company, when aged 53. He took up the post on 1 October 2012.[10][11]

In July 2017, it was reported that Soriot would become the next CEO of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, succeeding Erez Vigodman, though this was soon denied.[12][13][14]

In September 2018, he made headlines commenting on his pay of £9.4m in salary and bonuses. 'The truth is I’m the lowest-paid CEO in the whole industry', he said. 'It is annoying to some extent. But at the end of the day it is what it is.'[15]

In 2023, Soriot was the highest paid CEO of the major European pharmaceutical companies, as he earned $21.3 million. That was a nearly 12 per cent increase over 2022.[16]

In March 2024, Soriot was awarded the President's Medal by the Society of Chemical Industry for leading AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.[17]

Personal life

He is married and has two children.[18] He has three brothers, all of whom are doctors.[3]

Soriot was knighted in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to UK life sciences and the response to COVID-19.[19] He qualifies for a substantive knighthood rather than an honorary one by virtue of being an Australian citizen.[20]

He counts cycling, horse riding and skiing as hobbies.[5]

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