Boston Scientific BSX
About
Boston Scientific makes catheters, stents, heart-rhythm devices and other tools used in minimally invasive procedures.
What tends to move the stock
Growth in its electrophysiology and Watchman heart devices is the main story, along with procedure volumes at hospitals.
Revenue per employee
59,000 employees as of 2025/FY (+11.3% YoY). Revenue per employee is total revenue divided by headcount — a rough productivity gauge, not a per-worker pay figure.
Management team
Mr. Fitzgerald, is our Executive Vice President and Group President, Cardiovascular, a position he has held since May 2022. In this role, he oversees development and commercialization of advanced heart therapies for health care professionals and patients globally. He also provides strategic oversight for our Peripheral Interventions business. Since joining the Company in 1990 as a sales representative, Mr. Fitzgerald has held a variety of management positions in our Cardiovascular business. He previously served as Executive Vice President and President, Cardiology (January 2022 to April 2022), Executive Vice President and President, Interventional Cardiology (July 2020 to January 2022), Executive Vice President and President, Rhythm Management (2014 to 2020), Senior Vice President and President, Cardiac Rhythm Management (2011 to 2014), and Senior Vice President and President, Endovascular (2010 to 2011). Mr. Fitzgerald is a member of our Global Council for Inclusion and is executive sponsor of our Women's Network employee resource group. He received an MBA from Southern Illinois University with a concentration in marketing and finance and a BS in business from Indiana University.
Mr. Butcher, is our Executive Vice President and Group President, MedSurg and Asia Pacific, a position he has held since May 2022. In this role, he oversees Asia Pacific, as well as our Urology, Endoscopy and Neuromodulation businesses. Since joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Butcher has held management roles of increasing responsibility and has deep experience across the Company's divisions, including Executive Vice President and President, Asia Pacific (2020 to 2022), responsible for commercialization of our full product portfolio across all divisions in the Asia Pacific region; Senior Vice President and President, Endoscopy (2016 to 2020), responsible for developing and bringing to market less invasive devices for treating gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions; VP & General Manager, Japan Endoscopy (2014 to 2016); VP of Global Marketing, Endoscopy Division (2011 to 2014); and VP of Marketing and New Business Development, Urology & Women's Health (2008 to 2009) and VP of Business Development and Strategic Planning, Urology & Women's Health (2006 to 2008), responsible for leading marketing, strategic planning, and management initiatives within the Endoscopy and Urology businesses. Mr. Butcher is a member of the board of directors of STAAR Surgical Company (since 2024), a public medical device company specializing in implantable lenses, Acotec Scientific Holdings Limited (since 2022), a publicly traded Chinese medical device company, and a member of our Global Council for Inclusion. He received an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. On September 21, 2026, Arthur C. Butcher informed Boston Scientific Corporation that he has decided to retire from his role as Executive Vice President and Group President, MedSurg and Asia Pacific effective as of January 1, 2027.
Mr. Monson, is our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since June 30, 2025. In this role, he leads several Company functions, including Global Controllership, Global Internal Audit, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Corporate Tax, Investor Relations, and Corporate Business Development. Since joining the Company in 1999, he has held roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President Investor Relations (March 2024 to June 2025), leading the Company's Investor Relations function, including engaging with investors and analysts, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (July 2019 to March 2024), where he was responsible for the Company's Global Controllership organization, including among other things the Company's accounting and financial planning processes, Vice President and Controller of the Company's Urology business (2016 to 2019), and Vice President, Corporate Accounting (2008-2016). Prior to joining the Company, he was a senior auditor at Arthur Anderson L.L.P. Mr. Monson received a BA degree in economics and accounting from College of the Holy Cross and is also a certified public accountant.
Mr. Brown, is our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, a position he has held since June 2021. In this role, he provides global legal leadership across all of our businesses, regions and functions and oversees the Company's global compliance function. Since joining the Company in 2001, Mr. Brown has served in a variety of legal and compliance roles of increasing responsibility, including VP, Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary from 2010 to 2021, leading and overseeing our international legal teams and various corporate legal functions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate governance and securities. Mr. Brown is a member of our Global Council for Inclusion. Before joining the Company, he was an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. He received a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Ludwig is the former Chairman of the Board of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), a global medical technology company, having served in that position from February 2002 through June 2012. He also served as BDX's Chief Executive Officer from January 2000 to September 2011 and as its President from May 1999 to December 2008. Mr. Ludwig joined BDX as a senior financial analyst in 1979. Prior to joining BDX, Mr. Ludwig served as a senior auditor with Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he earned his CPA, and as a financial and strategic analyst at Kidde, Inc. Mr. Ludwig was a member of the board of directors of POCARED Diagnostics Ltd, a privately held company focused on infectious disease diagnostics from 2013 to 2022. He formerly served as a director of CVS Health Corporation, Aetna, Inc., Xylem, Inc. and as Vice Chair of the board of trustees of the Hackensack University Medical Center Network. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of GRIP Molecular, a startup primary care diagnostic company. Mr. Ludwig received an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in economics and accounting from The College of Holy Cross.
Mr. Wichmann is the Co-Founder of Jory Capital and former Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, having served in that position from September 2017 through March 2021. Prior to this role, he served as President, UnitedHealth Group, beginning in November 2014, with oversight responsibility for all of UnitedHealthcare's domestic and international businesses, and for overall UnitedHealth Group performance, and as Chief Financial Officer of the UnitedHealth Group from 2011 until 2016. In addition, during his time at UnitedHealth Group, he held positions as President, UnitedHealthcare; President and Chief Executive Officer, Specialized Care Services (now OptumHealth); and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Mr. Wichmann was a partner at Arthur Andersen & Co. and Chief Financial Officer of Advance Machine Company. He is currently a director of Privia Health Group, Inc. and serves on the boards of certain privately held companies where Jory Capital currently maintains an investment. Mr. Wichmann previously served on the board of directors of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Tennant Company. Mr. Wichmann received a BS in accounting from Illinois State University.
Ms. Zane is CEO Emeritus at Tufts Medical Center and Founding Chair at Tufts Medicine. Ms. Zane previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tufts Medical Center from 2004 to 2011 when she retired from this role. Prior to this, Ms. Zane served as Network President for Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners Healthcare System), a physician/hospital network sponsored by the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Ms. Zane also previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Quincy Hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts. Ms. Zane currently is a director of several privately-held companies, including Perspectum Solutions Oncology, a health solutions company, Savista, a healthcare revenue cycle management company; Fiduciary Trust Company, a wealth management company; and AgNovos Healthcare, LLC, a medical device company, focused on bone health. Ms. Zane is currently a director of Haemonetics Corporation and Synchrony Financial and previously served as a director of Azenta, Inc., Century Capital Management, Parexel International Corporation, Lincare Holdings Inc. and Press Ganey Holdings. Ms. Zane has received Honorary Degrees from Curry College, Stonehill College, Bentley University and University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Ms. Zane received an MA in audiology and speech-language pathology from Catholic University of America and a BA from George Washington University.
Ms. Morano is the former Vice President Business Development and Strategic Operations, Johnson & Johnson Medtech, having served in that position from 2020 through February 2023. Prior to this role, she served as Vice President Business Development, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices, beginning in 2012, with responsibility for licensing, acquisitions and divestitures for its Medical Devices Group. In addition, during her time at Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Morano held a number of positions with increasing responsibility through six operating companies, primarily within Finance and Business Development, and is a former member of its MedTech Leadership Team. Ms. Morano currently serves on the board of ExploraMed, a private, medical device incubator focused on patient-driven solutions to persistent medical problems. Ms. Morano received an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Villanova University.
Dr. Mega is a leader at the intersection of technology, life sciences and healthcare. She co-founded Verily Life Sciences, LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. focused on life sciences and healthcare, and served as Chief Medical and Scientific Officer from 2015 to January 2023. At Verily, Dr. Mega oversaw the company's clinical and science efforts, focusing on translating technological innovations and scientific insights into partnerships and products that improve patient outcomes. Dr. Mega also served as the Chief Medical Officer of Google Life Sciences. Prior to Verily and Google, she was as a Cardiologist and Senior Investigator at Brigham and Women's Hospital from 2008 to 2015. Dr. Mega was also a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and with the TIMI Study Group, where she led large-scale international clinical trials evaluating novel cardiovascular therapies and directed the genetics program. Dr. Mega served as a director of Danaher Corporation from November 2019 to February 2026, and is currently on the Board of Advisors at Stanford's Center for Digital Health, the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, and Research!America. Dr. Mega received her MD from Yale University School of Medicine, an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health, and BA in Human Biology from Stanford University.
Mr. Habiger is Vice Chairman of J.D. Power, a market research and data analytics company where he previously served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining J.D. Power as its Chief Executive Officer in March 2018, he founded and was partner of Silicon Media Partners beginning in January 2016, served as a senior advisor at Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm, from October 2013 to October 2020, and was a venture partner at Pritzker Group, a venture capital firm, from January 2013 to October 2019. Mr. Habiger served as Chief Executive Officer of Textura Corporation through its sale to Oracle in June of 2016 and served as the Chief Executive Officer of NDS through its sale to Cisco in July 2012. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Sonic Solutions, including serving as its Chief Executive Officer through its sale to Rovi Corporation in early 2011. Mr. Habiger is a director on the Chicago Federal Reserve Board where he serves on the Governance, Human Resources and SABOR (Systems Activities, Bank Operations and Risk) Committees. He is also a director of several public and private boards, including EnerSys, a global industrial battery manufacturing company, Reddit, Inc., a social media and software company, and Xperi Inc., a consumer and entertainment licensing company, and a member of the board of trustees at Rush University Medical Center. Mr. Habiger received an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in business administration from St. Norbert College.
Dr. Pegus is the Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer of FlyteHealth, a leader in cardiometabolic care. Prior to FlyteHealth, she served as a partner at Morgan Health, where, from November 2022 to May 2024, Dr. Pegus supported the organization's strategic investments and broader efforts to improve the quality and affordability of employer-sponsored health care. Dr. Pegus is President of Caluent, LLC, a healthcare analytics and advisory company she has owned since 2012. Dr. Pegus previously served as Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness for Walmart from December 2020 through March 2023, where she led the company's health care businesses and served as a senior advisor. Prior to that, Dr. Pegus served as Chief Medical Officer and President of Consumer Health Solutions for Cambia Health Solutions from September 2018 to December 2020. Dr. Pegus also served as the first Chief Medical Officer of Walgreens from 2010 to 2013, and from 2007 to 2010, as general manager and Chief Medical Officer of SymCare Personalized Health Solutions, Inc., a diabetes-focused division of Johnson & Johnson. Prior to that, Dr. Pegus served as a medical director at Aetna and Pfizer. She began her career in private practice as a cardiologist. Dr. Pegus is currently a member of the board of directors of Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. (known as Concentra), a provider of occupational health services. Dr. Pegus is co-founder of A New Beat, an organization focused on advancing cardiovascular health and supporting the career growth of emerging leaders in the field of cardiology, and currently serves on the boards of private organizations, including the American Heart Association. Dr. Pegus previously served as a director of several public companies, including Phreesia, Inc., Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. and Cogentix Medical, Inc. Dr. Pegus received an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, an MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and a BA from Brandeis University.
On February 18, 2026 the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific Corporation appointed Catherine R. Smith to be a director of the Company effective February 18, 2026. Smith is a seasoned executive with deep expertise in finance, corporate strategy and operational excellence. She currently serves as chief financial officer of Starbucks. Previously, she held chief financial officer roles at Nordstrom, Bright Health, Target, Express Scripts and Walmart, supporting large, complex organizations through periods of significant growth. Smith currently serves on the board of PPG Industries. She holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ms. Emily M. Woodworth, Senior Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
Mr. O'Connor, is our Executive Vice President, Global Operations, a position he has held since December 2025. In this role, he oversees Global Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Global Business Services, Global Enterprise Excellence, Information Technology, Security, Global Research and Development, and Global Operations Services. Since joining the Company in 1996, Mr. O'Connor has supported the Cardiac Rhythm Management, Neuromodulation, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Interventions and Structural Heart businesses in a variety of operations positions, and, most recently, served as Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain (2014 to 2022), responsible for global manufacturing and distribution of our products. He is an active member of our PRIDE employee resource group. Mr. O'Connor received a BA in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College in Dublin and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from University College Dublin.
On February 18, 2026 the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific Corporation appointed Mr. Christophe Weber to be a director of the Company effective February 18, 2026. Weber brings extensive global leadership experience across the pharmaceutical industry. He is the president and chief executive officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical since April 2015, retiring in June 2026. He joined Takeda in 2014 as president and chief operating officer. Prior to Takeda, Weber held roles of increasing responsibility in multiple countries at GlaxoSmithKline. He has led large-scale transformations grounded in the principles of patient and customer-centricity, helping global organizations operate more effectively while remaining focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for patients. Weber earned a doctorate in pharmacy from Universite de Lyon and has an advanced degree in accounting and finance.
From SEC filings, via Futu. Compensation is total reported pay for the most recent fiscal year on file, not base salary alone.
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