4 Magazine / Winter 2014
Ideagen Power List - Leaders, Luminaries, & Individuals of 2016
Ideagen Recognizes 100 Distinguished Leaders:
Individuals Empowering Women and Girls Globally thPlanet"
3m
3M is a global innovation company that never stops inventing. Over the years, their innovations have improved daily life for hundreds of millions of people all over the world. They have made driving at night easier, made buildings safer, and made consumer electronics lighter, less energy-intensive and less harmful to the environment. They helped put a man on the moon. Every day at 3M, one idea always leads to the next, igniting momentum to make progress possible around the world.
3 Power 100 - Companies 2016
Abbott
Abbott is an American worldwide health care company. It has 74,000 employees and operates in more than 150 countries. The company headquarters are in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888. In 2014, revenues were $20.2 billion. Abbott has a broad range of branded generic pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, nutrition products, including Ensure, a line of meal replacement shakes. The company's in-vitro diagnostics business performs immunoassays and blood screening. Its medical tests and diagnostic instrument systems are used worldwide by hospitals, laboratories, blood banks, and physician offices to diagnose and monitor diseases such as HIV, hepatitis, cancer, heart failure and metabolic disorders, as well as assess other indicators of health. In 1985, the company developed the first HIV blood-screening test.
AARP
AARP is a collection of diverse individuals and ideas working as one to influence positive change and improve the lives of those 50 and over. AARP members reflect a wide range of attitudes, cultures, lifestyles and beliefs. The organization helps turn dreams into real possibilities and fights for issues that matter most to families such as health care and retirement planning. AARP is made up of the AARP Foundation, AARP Services Inc.,and AARP’s Educator Community.