Alex Gorsky, Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson; Director, Apple, IBM, and JPMorgan Chase

Now a director on the boards of Apple, IBM, and JPMorgan Chase, former Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky spent three decades at the pharmaceutical company—though he took a pivotal detour in the middle. He shares how a serendipitous encounter with his former CEO in an unlikely place opened the door for his return to J&J and how asking, “What can I learn?” drives his most important decisions.From World 50, this is The Moment—where we explore the pivotal moments that changed the lives and careers of the world’s leading CEOs and defined their leadership journeys.