$CRL

James C. Foster

Charles River Laboratories

Chairman, President & CEO • Since 1992 • Health Care

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

21/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $502M → $518M (+3.4% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Profit (net income): $22M → −$144M (−750.1% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

James C. Foster is the chairman, president & ceo of Charles River Laboratories since 1992. Charles River Laboratories is a Health Care company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, founded in 1947, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

James holds the chief executive role at Charles River Laboratories with the title Chairman, President & CEO — in post since 1992. This page is the concise leadership record for Charles River Laboratories in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Health Care
Ticker: $CRL
Headquarters: Wilmington, Massachusetts
Founded: 1947
CEO since: 1992
Index: S&P 500 (#96 of 500)