COMPANY

Biotech firm, founded 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics, Inc.

Official Website:
http://www.amgen.com/

Ticker:
NASDAQ:AMGN

Corporate headquarters:
Thousand Oaks, CA

Sales:
$8.3B (2003)

Employees:
12900 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leroy Hood	Biologist	10-Oct-1938		Systems biology and Human Genome Project
Richard Nanula	Business	9-May-1960		CFO of Amgen
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
Peter B. Teeley	Diplomat	12-Jan-1940		US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Baltimore	Biologist	7-Mar-1938		Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase
Frank Biondi	Business	9-Jan-1945		Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios
Jerry D. Choate	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Allstate, 1994-99
Vance D. Coffman	Business	3-Apr-1944		CEO of Lockheed Martin, 1998-2004
Frederick W. Gluck	Business	c. 1935		Vice Chairman of Bechtel, 1994-98
Frank C. Herringer	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Transamerica, 1991-99
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
Judith C. Pelham	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Trinity Health, 2000-04
J. Paul Reason	Military	22-Mar-1941		C-in-C of US Atlantic Fleet, 1996-99
Leonard D. Schaeffer	Business	28-Jul-1945		CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward V. Fritzky	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Immunex, 1994-2002
Donald B. Rice	Business	4-Jun-1939		Secretary of the US Air Force, 1989-93

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