Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier to retire at the end of June
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said on Thursday Kenneth Frazier, one of only a handful of Black executives leading major U.S. companies, will step down as chief executive officer at the end of June and be replaced by Chief Financial Officer Robert Davis.
Frazier, 66, will not be handing over the reins completely, at least for now. He will remain with the drugmaker as executive chairman for a transition period.
He was set to retire in 2019, but the company scrapped a policy requiring its CEO to retire at the age of 65.