Johnson & Johnson is an international American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500. Johnson & Johnson consistently ranks at the top of Harris Interactive's National Corporate Reputation Survey, ranking as the world's most respected company by Barron's Magazine, and was the first corporation awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy by the U.S. State Department for its funding of international education programs.
The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival bringing top artists and 60,000 change makers together on the Great Lawn of Central Park each September to urge our leaders and fellow citizens to do more to help end extreme poverty. This advocacy concert celebrates the progress already made in fighting extreme poverty, secure financial commitments for tackling extreme poverty and disease, and mobilize thousands of ambassadors for change.