Medtronic Mines GE For New Chief; Omar Ishrak Starts In June
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic's incoming CEO has run a similarly sized medical technology business in terms of sales for the past two years, albeit with a focus on diagnostic and monitoring tools rather than therapeutic technologies.
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