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Gerald M. Ostrov is Bausch & Lomb’s chairman and chief executive officer. He was named to these posts in 2008.
Most recently, Mr. Ostrov was company group chairman, Worldwide Vision Care, for Johnson & Johnson, where he led the company’s global Vision Care businesses from 1998 through his retirement in 2006.
He first joined Johnson & Johnson in 1976, before leaving for Ciba-Geigy AG in 1982. He was named president, Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals, in 1985. In 1991, he returned to Johnson & Johnson as president of its Personal Products business, and then became company group chairman for its North American Consumer and Personal Care businesses.
Mr. Ostrov was born in Brooklyn, New York, in October 1949. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.S. degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Cornell University.
He serves on a broad array of boards for civic and philanthropic institutions. | 