Which famous CEO founded Thermo Fisher Scientific, now one of the world's largest suppliers of scientific research equipment with over $40 billion in annual revenue?

The scientific instrument and laboratory equipment industry has transformed research capabilities worldwide. Behind these innovations are visionary leaders who built corporate empires while advancing scientific discovery. This poll tests your knowledge about the influential CEOs who shaped how scientists conduct research today. Can you identify who pioneered which groundbreaking company in the scientific equipment sector?

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George N. Hatsopoulos, who started the company as Thermo Electron in 1956 focusing on thermodynamic research applications
Alfred Bader, who founded Sigma-Aldrich in 1951 as a specialty chemicals supplier for research laboratories
Masaru Ibuka, who established Sony's first scientific division for precision laboratory instruments in 1946
Carl Zeiss, who began manufacturing scientific microscopes and expanded into laboratory equipment in the 1880s