Werner Baumann is CEO of Bayer , a company with 118,900 employees , which was founded in 1963 in Barmen , Germany . Baumann joined the company in 1988 . He was CFO of Bayer AG as of 2010 and then carried the title of Chief Strategy and Portfolio Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management before becoming CEO in 2016 . In 2016 , Baumann took home $ 6.6mn . Bayer is a growing company , which made $ 25.27bn in 2016 .

Oliver Brandicourt is CEO of Sanofi . The company was founded in 2004 and Brandicourt joined in 2015 . At this point he boasted nearly 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry . He is a qualified physician who worked at Pfizer for 13 years and served as CEO of Bayer Healthcare AG before becoming CEO of Sanofi . In 2017 , Brandicourt took home $ 11.6mn . Sanofi made a profit of $ 36.57bn in 2016 and currently employs 110,000 people . 28 November 2017