Heather Manchin Bresch, a Dutch pharmaceutical business founded in 1969, was chief executive officer (CEO) of Mylan for some years.
She was in charge from 2012 until the firm merged with Pfizer’s Upjohn division in November 2020, at which point she stepped down. Heather Mamchin made history when she took over as CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical business.
As CEO of Mylan during the 2016 issue over the price of the company’s EpiPen medications, Bresch was at the center of one scandal. Records unsealed as part of an ongoing litigation revealed in 2021 that Heather Bresch, the former president and CEO of the pharmaceutical Mylan, collaborated closely with Pfizer’s CEO to artificially inflate the pricing of the company’s EpiPen medication.
She was also accused of padding her résumé with an unearned MBA degree in 2007.
The American business entrepreneur, Heather Bresch, was born Heather Manchin on June 27, 1969. Being the first woman to head a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm, she became the chief executive officer (CEO) of Mylan, a pharmaceutical company located in the Netherlands, in 2012.
Heather’s father is Joe Manchin, a senator from West Virginia. Her mother, Gayle Conelly Manchin, was a member of the West Virginia Board of Education from 2007 to 2015.
Heather wed a Jones Day lawyer, Jeffery Bresch, after her marriage to businessman, Douglas Kirby, failed. She has four kids: Chloe Bresch, Jack Bresch, Kelsey Bresch, and Madeline Bresch.
Heather Bresch’s net worth was projected to be above $31 million in March 2020 by Wall Mine. However, her portfolio’s worth may have been impacted by the merging of Mylan and Pficer Inc.’s Upjohn division. There was a 671% increase in her yearly salary from $2,453,456 in 2007 to $18,931,068 in 2015 due to her role as CEO of Mylan. Though Bresch is no longer serving as CEO, the new company’s headquarters remain in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, under the name Viatris.
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