“To become the global leader in HealthTech and shape the future of the ...” — Frans van Houten Quote

“To become the global leader in HealthTech and shape the future of the industry, we will combine our vibrant Healthcare and Consumer Lifestyle businesses into one company.”

“We are addressing duplication and complexity. At the same time, we are investing more in research and development, speeding up the time to market of new innovations, and expanding our sales force in markets where growth is to be found, like Turkey, Russia, the Mideast, China, and southeast Asia.”

“In the Asian marketplace, we need to come out with products every nine months, not every two years.”

“I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the depressing news that I'm processing.”

“Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.”

“I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.”