Manny Villafaña
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Manny Villafaña (born 1940 in New York City), a child of Puerto Rican immigrants, he attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx.[1] He began his medical career in 1964 at medical-device exporter Picker International. In 1967, he was hired away from Picker by Earl Bakken, CEO of Medtronic to become their first international sales administrator.[2]
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Manny Villafana | |
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Born | 1940 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Founder, chairman and CEO, Medical 21 founder, chairman and CEO, Kips Bay Medical; founder, St. Jude Medical; founder, chairman and president, Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. |
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