Forbes released its annual list of the country's most innovative leaders, comprising 100 founders and CEOs known for encouraging creative and highly successful innovation at their organizations.
To compile the list, leaders from top U.S. companies were ranked based on their media reputation for innovation, social connections and capital related to innovation, track record of market value creation and investor expectations of future growth and innovation. Exemplifying these qualities are Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk, who tied for first place.
Twenty-four leaders in the healthcare industry made the list:
13. Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
14. Gary Guthart, Intuitive Surgical
17. Michael Mahoney, Boston Scientific
20. George Yancopoulos and Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
23. Michael Mussallem, Edwards Lifesciences
24. Jean-Jacques Bienaime, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
26. Miles White, Abbott Laboratories
29. Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
33. Kevin Lobo, Stryker
35. Richard Gonzalez, AbbVie
41. Vincent Forlenza, Becton Dickinson
42. Kevin Sayer, Dexcom
46. Bruce Broussard, Humana
48. Stanley Bergman, Henry Schein
50. David King, LabCorp
55. Thomas Joyce, Danaher
56. Marc Casper, Thermo Fisher Scientific
74. Stanley Crooke, Ionis Pharmaceuticals
82. Jose Almeida, Baxter International
83. Stephen Rusckowski, Quest Diagnostics
86. Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson
87. Clay Siegall, Seattle Genetics
94. Tarek Sherif, Medidata Solutions
95. Alan Miller, Universal Health