Heather Bresch

Heather Bresch
Heather Bresch testifying before the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce in 2012.
Born	Heather Manchin (1969-06-27) June 27, 1969 (age 47)
Residence	Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Other names	Heather Kirby
Alma mater	West Virginia University (B.A., 1991)
Occupation	Chief executive officer
Spouse(s)	Jeffrey J. Bresch (married) Douglas Kirby (divorced)
Children	4
Family	Joe Manchin (father) Gayle Manchin (mother)

Heather Bresch (née Manchin; born circa 1969) is an American business executive. In 1992 she started working as a clerk in a factory owned by Mylan, a pharmaceuticals company. In 2007 she was accused of inflating her resume by claiming an unearned MBA degree that was given to her by West Virginia University's president, Michael Garrison, a politician, a friend of her father and a former lobbyist for and consultant to Mylan. She became the Chief Executive Officer of Mylan in 2012. She was named one of Fortune Magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women In Business" in 2014. In 2016 Mylan became embroiled in controversy after having raised the price of one of its products, the EpiPen, by nearly 500 percent since 2009. She is the daughter of Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin.

Bresch grew up in Fairmont and Farmington, West Virginia in a Roman Catholic family of partial Italian and Czech descent. She is the daughter of Gayle Conelly Manchin and Joe Manchin, who was a prominent politician throughout her childhood and is currently the senior United States Senator from West Virginia.

Bresch attended Fairmont Senior High School in Fairmont, West Virginia and graduated from West Virginia University (WVU) in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations.