Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson (
J&J) is an American
multinational pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, and
medical technologies corporation headquartered in
New Brunswick, New Jersey, and publicly traded on the
New York Stock Exchange. Its common stock is a component of the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the company is ranked No. 42 on the 2024
''Fortune'' 500 list of the largest United States corporations. In 2024, the company was ranked 45th in the
''Forbes'' Global 2000. Johnson & Johnson has a global workforce of approximately 138,000 employees who are led by the company's current chairman and chief executive officer,
Joaquin Duato.
Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886 by three brothers,
Robert Wood Johnson,
James Wood Johnson, and
Edward Mead Johnson, selling ready-to-use sterile surgical dressings. In 2023, the company split-off its consumer healthcare business segment into a new publicly traded company,
Kenvue. The company is exclusively focused on developing and producing
pharmaceutical prescription drugs and
medical device technologies.
Johnson & Johnson is one of the world's most valuable companies and is one of only two U.S.-based companies that has a prime
credit rating of AAA.
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