SmithKline Beecham millionaires
Executive Summary
SB Chairman Jan Leschly tells Wharton New Ventures meeting in Philadelphia April 16 that "we have more than 400 millionaires in our company" based on the fast run-up in the value of employee stock options. Leschly credited a four-year increase in SB's market cap from $12 bil. to $71 bil. and its effect on employee wealth with helping to staunch a management brain drain to start-up ventures. SB lost the number three member of its top management team, Pharmaceutical President Jerry Karabelas, to Novartis in late 1997
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