COMPANY

Medical wholesaler, supply management, and healthcare information. Founded in 1833 by John McKesson and Charles Olcott as "Olcott McKesson." It was renamed in 1853 after the death of Olcott, and merged with a dairy distributor, Foremost, renaming to Foremost-McKesson. It reverted back to McKesson in 1984.

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

Industry:
Medical Equipment

Ticker:
NYSE:MCK

Corporate headquarters:
San Francisco, CA

Sales:
$88.1B (2006)

Employees:
26,500

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William R. Graber	Business	c. 1943		CFO of McKesson, 2000-04
John H. Hammergren	Business	1959		CEO of McKesson
Richard J. Hernandez	Business	c. 1943		McKesson Corporate Solutions
David L. Mahoney	Business	c. 1954		McKesson HBOC

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wayne A. Budd	Attorney	18-Nov-1941		Partner, Goodwin Procter
John H. Hammergren	Business	1959		CEO of McKesson
Alton F. Irby III	Business	c. 1941		Tricorn Partners
M. Christine Jacobs	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Theragenics
Marie L. Knowles	Business	c. 1947		CFO of ARCO, 1996-2000
David M. Lawrence	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Kaiser KHFP, 1991-2002
Robert W. Matschullat	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000
James V. Napier	Business	c. 1936		Chairman of Scientific-Atlanta, 1993-2000
Jane E. Shaw	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Aerogen, 1998-2005

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tully M. Friedman	Business	c. 1941		Hellman & Friedman
Martin M. Koffel	Business	c. 1939		CEO of URS
Philip Musica	Business	1884	16-Dec-1938	Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler
David S. Pottruck	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Charles Schwab, 1998-2004
Carl E. Reichardt	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
Richard F. Syron	Business	25-Oct-1943		CEO of Freddie Mac, 2003-08

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Frank D. Trestman	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Mass Merchandisers, 1983-87

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