Robert B. Ford
Robert B. Ford is an American businessman. On 31 March 2020, he became the chief executive officer of Abbott Laboratories, a publicly-traded medical devices and health care company based in Abbott Park, Illinois. Ford is Abbott's thirteenth CEO and was elected unanimously by the company's board. He stated that the sale of medical devices such as FreeStyle Libre and diagnostics would be prioritized while CEO as well as developing technology to monitor consumer health through smartphones and other connected devices. Ford joined Abbott in 1996 within its diabetes care business, later heading the company's medical device businesses, and Abbott's integration of St. Jude Medical in 2017, its largest acquisition at the time. He was named President and COO in October 2018.
