Around the World in 90 years
Since Henry Schein opened his pharmacy in Queens, New York in 1932, our organization has become a Fortune 500® Company and the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners. With more than 22,000 Team Schein Members worldwide and operations or affiliates in 32 countries and territories, Henry Schein, Inc. remains committed to the values-based culture that Henry and his wife, Esther, infused in their business eight decades ago, and to serving our customers, supplier partners, investors, society and Team Schein. By holding fast to our historical values and focusing on our future, we are certain that our best years are yet to come.
Over the course of 90 years, Henry Schein, Inc. has frequently reinvented the organization to meet customer needs, taking advantage of new technologies and tapping into burgeoning markets. Below are some of the changes that Henry Schein has undergone and innovations we have introduced over the course of eight decades.
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| 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s |
1969 Sales: $5.7 Million; 35 TSMs.
1971 Company focuses on dental practitioners, concentrating on operational excellence and discounted prices.
1979 Sales: $58 Million; 180 TSMs.
1980 Jay Schein becomes Chairman and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., beginning a new period of record growth and prosperity for the Company.
1983 Introduction of TouchTone™ telephone ordering.
1984 Company becomes first in the industry to fully automate the distribution cycle.
1985 Company focuses on veterinary dentistry.
Henry Schein acquires:
1989 Stanley Bergman becomes Chairman and CEO of Henry Schein following the untimely death of Jay Schein;
Sales: $225 Million; 890 TSMs.
1990 Henry Schein begins international expansion (The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Spain).
1994 Company leads the industry with a dental practice-management software system; electronic claims processing is offered.
1995 Henry Schein is listed on Nasdaq Marketplace (HSIC), raising $72.8 million in the initial public offering; acquires Veratex.
Sales: $830 Million; 3,200 TSMs.
1997 Company becomes largest healthcare distributor serving office-based practitioners.
1998 Sales: $1.92 Billion; 5,500 TSMs.
1999 Henry Schein acquires:
2003 Henry Schein acquires:
2004 Henry Schein debuts on Fortune 500®; introduces Tomorrow's Dental Office Today (TDOT); Sales: $3.9 Billion; 9,600 TSMs.
2005 Henry Schein celebrates 10 years as a publicly traded company.
2006 Henry Schein is ranked Number 1 in the industry for social responsibility; Sales: $5.15 Billion; more than 11,000 TSMs.
2007 "For more than 75 years, our values-based Team Schein culture, our unsurpassed level of customer service, and our commitment to social responsibility have distinguished Henry Schein in the marketplace. As we continue to grow beyond this milestone year, preservation of this unique corporate culture will ensure that our best years are still to come." - Stanley M. Bergman.
2008 Sales: $6.4 Billion; 12,500 TSMs.
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