Jeff Kindler

Jeffrey B. Kindler
Nationality	American
Education	Tufts University, Harvard Law School
Occupation	Healthcare executive, Private investor
Organization	Centrexion Inc.
Known for	Previously Pfizer CEO

Jeffrey B. Kindler is a healthcare executive and private investor in the United States. Kindler serves as CEO of private biopharmaceutical company Centrexion Inc., and chairman of the GLG Institute.

Kindler earned his BA in 1977 from Tufts University summa cum laude and his JD in 1980 from Harvard Law School magna cum laude, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Kindler served as an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission. He was a law clerk to Judge David L. Bazelon of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and later as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Following his clerkship with Justice Brennan, Kindler practiced civil and criminal litigation at the Washington D.C. firm of Williams & Connolly, where he became a partner.

In 1990, Kindler joined the legal team at General Electric. Kindler later became Vice President of Litigation and Legal Policy. In 1994, Kindler worked with future Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division William Baer and renowned trial lawyer Dan Webb on the winning litigation team tasked with defending GE against diamond price-fixing claims. Although GE was acquitted at trial, De Beers was also charged and subsequently pleaded guilty to keeping prices in the worldwide industrial diamond market artificially high.

In 1996, Kindler joined McDonald's Corporation as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for legal and corporate affairs. After leading the acquisition of Boston Market, Kindler became President of Boston Market Corp. and then of Partner Brands, which consisted of all of McDonald’s non-hamburger concepts, including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Donatos Pizza, and Pret a Manger.

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