"Former Pfizer Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler shares how the pharmaceutical industry is a "very unusual and unique business."

Kindler also stresses the impact mentors have had on his career as an executive.

He joined Pfizer as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and served as Vice Chairman at the company before becoming CEO in July 2006.

Kindler is also a Venture Partner at Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm; a principal and senior advisor to Paragon Pharmaceuticals, a global investment firm that builds and manages innovative pharmaceutical companies; and a director at Starboard Capital Partners, a Connecticut-based private equity firm.