[11] In 2012, Walgreens and Alliance Boots entered into a strategic transaction to create the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise.
[4] After two years, on December 31, 2014, Walgreens completed the global merger with Alliance Boots[4] —a pharmacy-led health and beauty group across Europe with a presence in more than 25 countries.
After the close of the second step of the Alliance Boots transaction, Wasson retired from Walgreens after a 35-year career with the company.
[1] Wasson Enterprise's first partnership was with Innventure, which seeks to commercialize disruptive technology for multinational organizations.
Wasson has been a director of AmerisourceBergen Corporation,[19] a global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution services, with which Walgreens has a long-term strategic partnership,[20] and a directorsof Alliance Boots GmbH.
Wasson has been a director of AmerisourceBergen Corporation,[21] a global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution services, with which Walgreens has a long-term strategic partnership,[22] and a directorsof Alliance Boots GmbH.
In 2015, Wasson received the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award from National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ (NACDS)[36] and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) gave Wasson the GMA Hall of Achievement Award.
[38][39][40][41] Within a week of the agreement, Wasson resigned his board positions with Verizon Communications and PNC Financial Services Group.
He and his family attend Long Grove Community Church, where his wife Kim previously was the compassion/outreach ministry leader.