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| homepage = {{URL|mckesson.com|McKesson.com}} | | homepage = {{URL|mckesson.com|McKesson.com}} | ||
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|[[Rexall (Canada)|Rexall]]|[[Health Mart]]|[[Uniprix]]}} | | subsid = {{Unbulleted list|[[Rexall (Canada)|Rexall]]|[[Health Mart]]|[[Uniprix]]}} | ||
| foundation = | | foundation = New York City, U.S.<br />{{start date and age|1833}} | ||
| footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765324000035/mck-20240331.htm |title=FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=9, 60, 62}}</ref> | | footnotes = Financials {{as of|2024|03|31|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/927653/000092765324000035/mck-20240331.htm |title=FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=9, 60, 62}}</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===19th century=== | ===19th century=== | ||
McKesson was founded in 1828 in | McKesson was founded in 1828 in New York City as '''Charles M. Olcott''' by [[Charles M. Olcott]]. It was later renamed '''Olcott, McKesson & Co.''' and '''John McKesson''' in 1833,<ref>McKesson & Robbins, ''First Aid In Emergencies'', 1930, p. 63.</ref> the business began as an [[international trade|import]]er and [[Wholesaling|wholesale]]r of botanical drugs. A third partner, Daniel Robbins, who joined the enterprise as it grew, and who previously "was an assistant to the original partners",<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[East Bay Times]] | ||
|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/01/22/san-franciscos-mckesson-the-largest-company-no-one-has-heard-of | |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/01/22/san-franciscos-mckesson-the-largest-company-no-one-has-heard-of | ||
|title=San Francisco's McKesson: 'The largest company no one has heard of' | |title=San Francisco's McKesson: 'The largest company no one has heard of' | ||
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==Finances== | ==Finances== | ||
For the fiscal year 2023, McKesson reported earnings of | For the fiscal year 2023, McKesson reported earnings of US$3.56 billion on revenue of US$276.711 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://investor.mckesson.com/reports|title=Financial Information {{!}} McKesson Investor Relations|website=investor.mckesson.com|language=en |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210700/https://investor.mckesson.com/reports|archive-date=January 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, McKesson was the nation's largest [[health care]] company and the ninth-largest company by total revenue on the [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/|title=Fortune 500 Companies 2018: Who Made the List|website=Fortune|language=en-US|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110190356/http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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===United Kingdom=== | ===United Kingdom=== | ||
In the | In the United Kingdom, McKesson, operating as McKesson Information Solutions UK Ltd, was a provider of [[information technology]] services to the health care industry. In addition to numerous clinical software systems and finance and procurement services, McKesson also was responsible for developing the [[Electronic Staff Record]] system for the [[National Health Service]] which provided an integrated [[payroll]] system for NHS's 1.3 million staff, making it the world's largest single payroll IT system. McKesson Shared Services also provided payroll services for over 20 NHS Trusts, paying over 100,000 NHS members. | ||
McKesson's United Kingdom base was in [[Warwick]] with data centers in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Brent Cross]] and offices in [[Sheffield]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Glasgow]] and [[Vauxhall]], [[London]]. Across the United Kingdom, it employed over 500 people. | McKesson's United Kingdom base was in [[Warwick]] with data centers in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Brent Cross]] and offices in [[Sheffield]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Glasgow]] and [[Vauxhall]], [[London]]. Across the United Kingdom, it employed over 500 people. | ||