Founder Profile
Lucien Brunswig
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Lucien Brunswig?
Lucien Brunswig is a founder of Cencora, Inc., which was founded in 2001 with Amerisource Health.
- Company founded
- Cencora, Inc.
- Founded
- 2001
- Co-founders
- Amerisource Health
Background
Brunswig built a regional drug wholesaling business supplying pharmacies, the core distribution model Cencora still runs at national scale.
Founding Story
Lucien Napoleon Brunswig was a 19th-century pharmaceutical wholesaler whose Brunswig Drug Company became one half of Bergen Brunswig after a 1969 merger with Bergen Drug Company. Bergen Brunswig later merged with AmeriSource Health in 2001 to form AmerisourceBergen, now Cencora. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
This profile does not yet cite a source specific to Lucien Brunswig. The sources below document the company company rather than the person, so check them against the claims above.
- Cencora, Inc. 2025 Form 10-K (Cencora, Inc.)
- SEC EDGAR Companyfacts CIK 0001140859 (Cencora, Inc.)