Founder Profile
Amerisource Health
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Amerisource Health?
Amerisource Health is a founder of Cencora, Inc., which was founded in 2001 with Lucien Brunswig.
- Company founded
- Cencora, Inc.
- Founded
- 2001
- Co-founders
- Lucien Brunswig
Background
AmeriSource brought a large independent-pharmacy and distribution network and the Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-area management base that later moved to Conshohocken.
Founding Story
Amerisource Health was the Pennsylvania-based drug wholesaler that grew out of Alco Health Services. In 2001 it merged with Bergen Brunswig to create AmerisourceBergen, with AmeriSource CEO R. David Yost leading the combined company until 2011. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Cencora, Inc. 2025 Form 10-K (Cencora, Inc.)
- SEC EDGAR Companyfacts CIK 0001140859 (Cencora, Inc.)