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Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen

CEO · Novo Nordisk Fonden

CEO at Novo Nordisk Fonden. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.3M

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Reported as CEO of Novo Nordisk Fonden, based in Denmark.
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Received $1.3M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen is a Danish pharmaceutical executive who has been CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation since March 2021, leading one of the world's largest endowments with a net worth of nearly $100 billion USD. He previously served as Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Science Officer at Novo Nordisk, where he led the development of GLP-1 therapies for type 2 diabetes and obesity treatments.

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2021–present (CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation)

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Novo Nordisk Fonden CEO · $1.4B revenue · DenmarkNOVO NORDISK FONDEN (NNF) CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOCIETY…pay $1.2M → $1.3MFiled FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.3Mreported comp

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