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In rare interview, J&J CEO Joaquin Duato opens up about Baby Powder cancer lawsuits and the future of Kenvue

JNJ CEO Joaquin Duato appears at Fortune's CEO Initiative conference. (Credit: Rebecca Greenfield/Fortune)

Johnson & Johnson initially rejected current Chairman and CEO Joaquin Duato when he applied shortly after finishing graduate school.

He quickly found his way back—and 34 years later, has led the Fortune 500 company through good and bad times, he told Editor in Chief Alyson Shontell at the CEO Initiative conference in Washington, D.C.

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