2021 Revenues ($USD) : $14,351,000,000
2021 R&D spend : $984,000,000
2021 Number of Employees : 43,000
Fiscal Year End : 12/31/2020
Key People : Kevin Lobo, chair and CEO; Robert Fletcher, VP, chief legal officer; Yin Becker, VP, chief corporate affairs officer; Preston Wells, VP, investor relations; Viju Menon, group president, global quality and operations; M. Kathryn Fink, VP, chief human resources officer; Spencer Stiles, group president, orthopaedics and spine; Timothy Scannell, advisor to the CEO; Andy Pierce, group president, MedSurg and neurotechnology; Glenn Boehnlein, VP and CFO.

About the company: Stryker is the world’s largest orthopedic device company, employing more than 43,000 people. The Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company was started in 1941 and was originally known as The Orthopedic Frame Co. Its first device was the Wedge Turning Frame that allowed caregivers to turn patients with serious back injuries while keeping the spine immobilized. Stryker took its current name in the 1960s and went public in 1979, entering the orthopedic implant space the same year. Stryker has recently made a number of notable acquisitions, including the $4.7 billion purchase of Wright Medical in November 2020. Stryker acquired Mako Surgical in 2013 to enter the robotic-assisted surgery space. The following year, it acquired four other companies and hasn't slowed down since. Stryker first reached $10 billion in sales in 2016. Today, the company brings in more than $14 billion annually. Stryker's devices focus on numerous specialties, including craniomaxillofacial, emergency care, endoscopy, foot and ankle, interventional spine, joint replacement, neurosurgical, neurovascular, orthopedic instruments, spine, spine enabling technologies, sports medicine, surgical technologies and trauma and extremities.   –DK