Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 12, 2001
LELAND F. WILSON has been President and a Director of VIVUS,
Inc., since the company was formed in April 1991 and Chief
Executive Officer since November 1991. Prior to joining VIVUS,
Mr. Wilson was Vice President of marketing and Corporate
Development of Genelabs Technologies, Inc., from 1989 to 1991.
Mr. Wilson was Group Product Director, later promoted to Director
of Marketing, at LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, from 1986
to 1989. From 1973 to 1986, Mr. Wilson served in several
research, marketing and sales positions for Syntex Research
Syntex Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Wilson received a BS and an MS from
Pennsylvania State University. Profile
company?
Mr. Wilson: VIVUS was founded here in California in April 1991. It was
founded based on technology that was
