Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Company Profile
Company Name Thermo Fisher Scientific
CEO Name Marc Casper
CEO Compensation $5,516,567
CEO Retirement Assets $1,411,059
Underfunded Company Pension -$107,900,000
Annual Company Revenue $11,725,900,000
Territorial Tax Break $1,645,000,000
Federal Lobbying/Political Donations ('09-'12*) $1,620,000
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2011 data unless otherwise noted.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is a large healthcare equipment company that supplies a wide "range of products, services and solutions for research, analysis, discovery and diagnostics," including analytical instruments, chemicals and software.[1] Thermo Fisher describes itself as " the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $12 billion, we have more approximately 39,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings." [2]

The company's revenues in 2011 totaled $11,725,900,000. [3]

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"

The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Thermo Fisher Scientific is part of the Campaign to Fix the Debt as of February 2013.

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

About Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Through a special report and new interactive wiki resource, the Center for Media and Democracy -- in partnership with the Nation magazine -- exposes the funding, the leaders, the partner groups, and the phony state "chapters" of this astroturf supergroup. Learn more at PetersonPyramid.org and in the Nation magazine.


Personnel [4]

Board of Directors (2013)

As of February 2013:[5]

Former directors include:[6]

Executive Management

As of February 2013:[7]

Contact details

Corporate Headquarters
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
81 Wyman Street
Waltham, MA 02454

Tel: 781.622.1000
Fax: 781.622.1207

Web: http://www.thermofisher.com

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References

  1. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Product Lines, organizational website, accessed February 2013
  2. Thermo Fisher Scientific, About, organizational website, accessed February 2013
  3. Thermo Fisher Scientific, "2011 Annual Report", organizational document, page 5.
  4. Thermo Fisher Board, organizational web page, accessed April 3, 2020.
  5. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Board of Directors, organizational website, accessed February 2013
  6. EdgarOnline, 'Thermo Electron Corporation Proxy Statement 2001', accessed February 12, 2013
  7. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Executive Biographies, organizational website, accessed February 2013