Edgar S. Woolard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pharmaceutical
REMEDY HEALTHCARE
Singapore
Biography
Ed is a special advisor to Remedy. Mr. Woolard is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont. He spent four decades with DuPont, before retiring in 1997. As highlighted in Fortune magazine’s 2012 article, “50 Greatest Business Decisions of All Time,” it was Ed, as newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Apple who, in 1997, spearheaded the decision by the board to fire then-CEO Gil Amelio and bring Steve Jobs back to the company, thus saving Apple from likely bankruptcy. Ed is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange Inc., Telex Communications Inc., Citigroup Inc., IBM, Bell Atlantic Delaware, and Apple. He is also a former Chairman of the Business Council.
Research Interest
Business and development
