Category: About an entrepreneur

Apr 04 2011

Tribute to an entrepreneur – Henri Termeer

by Sudhir Shandilya

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Tribute to an entrepreneur – Henri Termeer At Genzyme, I didn’t have many opportunities to interact with Henri Termeer, CEO of Genzyme, but there were a few occasions when I...

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