2021 Revenues ($USD) : $8,480,177,000
2021 R&D spend : not available
2021 Number of Employees : 18,800
Fiscal Year End : 12/31/2020
Key People : Ed Pesicka, president and CEO; Perry Bernocchi, CEO, Byram Healthcare; Jeff Jochims, EVP, COO and president, medical distribution; Andy Long, EVP, CFO; Chris Lowery, president, global products; Shana Neal, EVP, chief human resources officer; Nick Pace, EVP, general counsel, corporate secretary.

About the company: Owens & Minor first opened in 1882 under the name Owens & Minor Drug Co. Now based in Mechanicsville, Virginia, the company started to grow beyond its pharmaceutical wholesaling background in 1981 and became a publicly-traded company in 1988. Owens & Minor, through its subsidiary Halyard, was a big player in personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. It distributed masks and N95 respirators for frontline workers and continued to make surgical gowns, drapes and packs, sterilization wraps, surgical accessories and equipment covers, exam gloves and other PPE. Its other two global product divisions, MediChoice and Medical Action Industries, make patient monitoring, respiratory, skin care, urology, wound care, IV start kits, procedure trays, mobility aids and more. Owens & Minor consistently ranks among the top 20 revenue earners in the medical device industry. –DK