Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Sidney Taurel is senior advisor at Moelis & Company, an investment bank. He is chair of IBM’s Executive Compensation and Management Resources Committee and a member of IBM’s Executive Committee.Taurel joined Eli Lilly in 1971 and held management positions in the company’s operations in South America and Europe.

He was named president of Eli Lilly International Corporation in 1986, executive vice president of the Pharmaceutical Division in 1991, executive vice president of Eli Lilly and Company in 1993, and president and chief operating officer in 1996. He was named chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company in 1998 and chairman of the board in 1999.

Taurel retired as chief executive officer in early 2008 and as chairman in late 2008. He is a director of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School, a graduate member of The Business Council and a trustee of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.Taurel became an IBM director in 2001.