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Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: GE Aerospace Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Larry Culp arrived at GE in 2018 as its first outsider chief executive in 126 years and was tasked with steadying an industrial giant. Having previously grown Danaher’ s value fivefold, he applied the same lean discipline to GE, splitting it into three companies and now leads GE Aerospace with a quiet, data-first approach.

Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Merck & Co. Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Rob Davis joined Merck as chief financial officer in 2014, steadily broadening his responsibilities over the years that followed until the top job became the natural next step. Named CEO in 2021 and chairman a year later, he now guides one of pharma’ s giants with the same disciplined, methodical approach that built his career. businesschief. com 29