07.30.19
AT A GLANCE
Rank: #29 (Last year: #28)
$2.84 Billion
Prior Fiscal: $2.74 Billion
Percentage Change:+3.8%
No. of Employees: 10,000
Global Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
KEY EXECUTIVES
John P. Groetelaars, President and CEO
Deborah Rasin, Sr. VP, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary
Richard M. Wagner, VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
Barbara W. Bodem, Sr. VP and CFO
Mary Kay Ladone, Sr. VP, Corporate Development, Strategy, and Investor Relations
Carlos Alonso, Sr. VP and President, Hillrom International
Paul Johnson, Sr. VP and President, Patient Support Systems
Andreas Frank, Sr. VP and President, Front Line Care
Francisco Canal Vega, Sr. VP and President, Surgical Solutions
Some companies are undeniably ahead of their time. Amazon, for example, came into the world as an online bookstore because its founder recognized the enormous business potential of the Internet while it was still in its infancy. “This is Day One. This is the very beginning, this is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce,” Jeff Bezos (with thinning hair) gushed to an interviewer in 1997.
Similarly, Bob Moore identified an unmet need for gluten-free food earlier than his rivals, and fashion firm Nau met the groundswell of public demand for “green” products well before its crest (the company’s foresight, however, failed to prevent a Great Recession-induced wipeout).
Some corporate visionaries are not so obvious, though. DuckDuckGo, for instance, provides web surfing privacy (via no profiling), and Restless Bandit helps companies find workers by perusing old resumes.
Hillrom is clearly part of the latter group. Established less than a week before the 1929 stock market crash, the company was founded on the concept of “bringing the home into the hospital.” Its founder, Notre Dame graduate Wil
Rank: #29 (Last year: #28)
$2.84 Billion
Prior Fiscal: $2.74 Billion
Percentage Change:+3.8%
No. of Employees: 10,000
Global Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
KEY EXECUTIVES
John P. Groetelaars, President and CEO
Deborah Rasin, Sr. VP, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary
Richard M. Wagner, VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
Barbara W. Bodem, Sr. VP and CFO
Mary Kay Ladone, Sr. VP, Corporate Development, Strategy, and Investor Relations
Carlos Alonso, Sr. VP and President, Hillrom International
Paul Johnson, Sr. VP and President, Patient Support Systems
Andreas Frank, Sr. VP and President, Front Line Care
Francisco Canal Vega, Sr. VP and President, Surgical Solutions
Some companies are undeniably ahead of their time. Amazon, for example, came into the world as an online bookstore because its founder recognized the enormous business potential of the Internet while it was still in its infancy. “This is Day One. This is the very beginning, this is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce,” Jeff Bezos (with thinning hair) gushed to an interviewer in 1997.
Similarly, Bob Moore identified an unmet need for gluten-free food earlier than his rivals, and fashion firm Nau met the groundswell of public demand for “green” products well before its crest (the company’s foresight, however, failed to prevent a Great Recession-induced wipeout).
Some corporate visionaries are not so obvious, though. DuckDuckGo, for instance, provides web surfing privacy (via no profiling), and Restless Bandit helps companies find workers by perusing old resumes.
Hillrom is clearly part of the latter group. Established less than a week before the 1929 stock market crash, the company was founded on the concept of “bringing the home into the hospital.” Its founder, Notre Dame graduate Wil