BDX

Becton Dickinson & Co

A global medical technology company, BD makes the everyday tools hospitals and labs rely on—syringes, IV catheters, infusion pumps, blood collection tubes, and surgical and diagnostic products sold under brands like BD Alaris and BD Pyxis. It was founded in 1897 when two salesmen, Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh Dickinson, met in a Texas train-station restaurant, discovered they shared the same birthday, and pooled their savings to start a medical supply business in New York City.