Fred Hassan Biography

Fred Hassan (born November 12, 1945, in Multan, Pakistan) is a managing director at Warburg Pincus, which he joined in 2011. He was the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 until November 3, 2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co. Hassan was the chairman of the board of Bausch & Lomb from March 2010 until its sale in 2013. On October 29, 2009, Time Warner announced that Hassan would join their board of directors.