# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasant-narasimhan
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:35:56.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasant-narasimhan"
name: "Vasant Narasimhan"
slug: "vasant-narasimhan"
description: "Vasant \"Vas\" Narasimhan is an American physician and the chief executive officer of Novartis. He succeeded Joseph Jimenez who left Novartis in 2018. He briefly worked at McKinsey before joining Novartis in 2005, where he has held a range of leadership roles, including Global Head of Development for Novartis Vaccines and Global Head of Drug Development & Chief Medical Officer."
tagline: "Indian American doctor and CEO"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Global_Investment_Game_Changers_Summit_I_2018_(44788377434).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Executives"
  slug: "executives"
profileType:
  name: "Executive"
  slug: "executive"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.36
  momentum:             8.549999999999999
  historical:           5.435614666666667
  currentAttention:     47.5
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 69
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    title: "Βάσαντ Ναρασίμχαμ"
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    title: "فاسانت ناراسيمهان"
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    title: "Vasant Narasimhan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "万思瀚"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Narasimhan"
    title: "Vasant Narasimhan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "வசந்த் நரசிம்மன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump