Richard Beverland Sellars (September 9, 1915 – June 25, 2010) was an American business executive who served as chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson as part of 40 years with the healthcare product firm.
Sellars played a pivotal role in keeping the company's headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and worked to rebuild that city's downtown area.
[1] Sellars convinced the firm's board to remain in the urban confines of New Brunswick, rather than move to the suburbs, and worked as part of the New Brunswick Development Corporation to help revitalize the city.
[1] He worked closely with Robert Wood Johnson II, who established the foundation, in shaping its goals and objectives.
He was survived by his wife, the former Doris Sophia Johnson (no relation to the company's founders), and two daughters, two sons, 9 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.