As of this month of June, in a few days, many communities begin their vaccination campaign for the population 40 to 49 years, the largest group in Spanish society. And one of the drugs chosen has been Janssen, pharmaceutical division of the American Johnson & Johnson, directed, coincidentally, by a Spaniard: Joaquin Duato Boix.
The international president de Janssen and executive vice president of the multinational has dual nationality (American and Spanish) and is a member of a powerful family of Valencian origin.
Some names as famous as that of the actress have come from the Duato Ana Duato, one of his sisters, and the dancer and choreographer Nacho duato, your cousin. Joaquín Duato lives, however, far from the world of celebrity, and that as a child he insisted on being a tennis player and worked hard to enter the world ranking.
Married and two children
Settled in New York for decades, Duato is married with two children, both in college. In the United States he is a true personality, an opinion leader who presides over charity galas with Hollywood stars and fight for a healthier world in which everyone has access to healthcare.
Jorge C. Parcero
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The president of Janssen spends a large part of his life traveling for professional reasons and says that he likes best when he is at home. enjoy time with your family. Back when his son and daughter lived at home, he was passionate about helping them with their duties. As a young man he was a tireless traveler, he remembers in an interview, but since his job involves being on a plane for many hours, when he is In New York prefers to rest.
Frustrated tennis player
In 2017, however, she spent the summer traveling, accompanying her daughter to find the best campus to choose the best university. “Either way, my top priority when I am at home it is spending time with my family ”, he told ‘China Daily’,“ I love being with my wife and my daughter and my son ”. Another hobby, which now that his children have become independent, he can enjoy more, is tennis. “When I was little dreamed of being a professional tennis player and one day represent my country ”, he says, a dream that he did not reach but that has left him with a deep tennis feeling.
C. Villar
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That his career has ended dedicated to the health world is not surprising, if we take into account that his mother was a nurse. Son of a middle-class marriage, formed by a businessman, Joaquin, and a nurse, ZulemaHe is the oldest of four siblings, all well positioned. Ana Duato is the most famous, and the other two are also senior executives, like him, but in companies in Spain. Antonio is the CEO of Phillips Spain, the multinational company dedicated to household appliances, and Zulema is the CEO of Boat Society SL, a company dedicated to the maritime transport of goods.
Joaquín Duato studied a MBA from Esade, in Barcelona, and a master’s degree in International Management at Thunderbird University, in Phoenix, Arizona. One of their struggles is the access of the entire population to health, gives conferences around the world and he is a mentor to numerous university students from all over the country. In addition, it is part of institutions such as Unicef USA, the Tsinghua University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Hess Corporation.
Jorge C. Parcero
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With an international training and a totally american life, the president of Janssen, the man behind the vaccine that part of the so-called generation X will get this June, is a homebody, we have said that. And for the same reason, when he can visit his native Valencia, where, he says, he enjoys his mother’s recipes. The same ones that, by the way, put black on white their sisters Ana and Zulema in a book dedicated to the matriarch. And yes, of course, there is paella.
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