Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is a multinational American company that specializes in pharmaceuticals and medical technologies. Its headquarters are located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The company is ranked No. 40 on the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations, and its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The business was placed 40th in the Forbes Global 2000 in 2023.Over 130,000 workers worldwide work for Johnson & Johnson, under the direction of Joaquin Duato, the company's current chairman and CEO.
Three brothers, Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson, established Johnson & Johnson in 1886 to market pre-made, sterile surgical bandages. The corporation separated its consumer healthcare business segment in 2023 and reorganized as Kenvue, a new publicly traded company. The company's only concentration is on creating and manufacturing medical device technology and prescription pharmaceuticals.