AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot: 'I'm the lowest-paid CEO in the whole industry'
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot enjoys the reputation of a scrappy executive who grew up in a not-so-genteel neighborhood in Paris. And he’s not so averse these days to using a sharp elbowed approach to discussing his pointed thoughts on sensitive subjects.
After turning heads with his thoughts about Brexit’s impact on UK drug supplies and the potential for shortages to develop, he held forth for 45 minutes with a reporter from The Times. And he was extraordinarily forthcoming, moaning about how little he and fellow London-based pharma CEO Emma Walmsley at GSK get paid relative to their peers.
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