McKesson Europe

McKesson Europe AG
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPharmaceuticals
Founded1835; 189 years ago (1835)
FounderFranz Ludwig Gehe
HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany
Key people
  • Kevin Kettler (Chairman of the Management Board/ Chief Operating Officer/ Labour Relations Director),
  • Brian S. Tyler (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Servicespharmaceutical wholesale and retail
Revenue€21.18 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Number of employees
36,917 (FY 2019)
ParentMcKesson Corporation (76%)
Websitewww.mckesson.eu
McKesson Europe Head Office Stuttgart

McKesson Europe AG (formerly Celesio AG, previously Gehe AG), with its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. The company had around 37,000 employees at the end of the 2019 financial year (31 March 2019) and is represented in 13 countries in Europe. In the 2019 financial year the company achieved a turnover of EUR 21.18 billion. The majority shareholder of the company is the US-based McKesson Corporation, which holds a share of 77.01%. The remaining 22.99% of shares are available on the open market. Kevin Kettler, a US citizen, has been Chairman of McKesson Europe since 1 November 2018.[2]

  1. ^ "McKesson Company Profile". craft.co. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ^ "McKesson and Celesio to operate as an integrated company – achieving important acquisition milestone". www.mckesson.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2019.