John Brown
- John Brown ran Stryker Corp., a medical device and software company, for 32 years before retiring as chairman in 2009.
- Stryker‘s revenues climbed from $17 million to $6.7 billion under Brown’s leadership. He led the IPO of Stryker in 1979.
- Brown is chairman emeritus of Stryker‘s board and owns slightly more than 5% of the company.
- Stryker Corp. was founded by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Homer Stryker from Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1941, who made devices to help with procedures.
- Brown sat on the board of St. Jude Medical until it was acquired by Abbott Labs in January 2017.
