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Lilly CEO Lechleiter to retire at end of year
John Lechleiter has been the company’s CEO since 2008. The announcement Wednesday morning of his retirement comes one day after the firm announced strong revenue and profit for its second quarter, indicating that Lechleiter’s initiatives have paid off.