Pedro lichtinger biography

Pedro Lichtinger remembers a sleepless night in the 1980s.

Pedro lichtinger biography

At age 27, he was leading an animal health division in Brazil for pharmaceutical giant Smith Kline. His role involved identifying talent and building his department, but that’s not what kept him awake. Earlier that day, a friend and mentor called Lichtinger to his office for a chat.

“He said that he liked me a lot and that he wanted to help me,” Lichtinger recalls.

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“He told me he thought I could go all the way to the top of the company—if I changed my name.”

Born and raised in Mexico, Lichtinger attended the University of Mexico and earned a degree in engineering before moving to the United States to enroll in the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School MBA program.

When he graduated in 1978, the Mexican peso suffered big devaluations, and Lichtinger thought it would be best to stay in the United States. After a two-year rotational program that sent him through various Smith Kline departments, Lichtinger was offered t