Since 1989, Mr. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500® company and the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, with more than 18,000 Team Schein Members and operations or affiliates in 33 countries. The Company's 2014 sales reached a record $10.4 billion. Henry Schein is ranked #1 in its industry on Fortune's 2015 World's Most Admired Companies List, and #1 in each of the list's nine categories of corporate success. Henry Schein has been a Fortune World's Most Admired company for 14 consecutive years.
Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including New York University College of Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; the Columbia University Medical Center; Hebrew University; Tel Aviv University; the University of Witwatersrand Fund; World Economic Forum's Health Care Governors; the Forsyth Institute; the Business Council for International Understanding; and the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Bergman is an honorary member of the American Dental Association and the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity. His awards include being the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the CR Magazine Corporate Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award; a Doctor of Humane Letters from A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health; and Honorary Fellowship of King's College London, and the International College of Dentistry.
Mr. Bergman, his wife, Marion Bergman, and their family are active supporters of organizations fostering the arts, higher education, cultural diversity and grassroots health care and sustainable entrepreneurial economic development initiatives in the United States, Africa and other developing regions of the world.
Mr. Bergman is a graduate of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, and is a South African Chartered Accountant and a NYS Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Henry Schein Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services. The company is a Fortune World’s Most Admired Company[1] and is ranked number one in its industry for social responsibility.[2]
