The Lilly Heritage — From Colonel Eli Lilly to a $700B Company

Eli Lilly was founded in Indianapolis in 1876 by a 38-year-old Civil War veteran and pharmacist who promised to make medicines "of the highest possible quality" that would be "prescribed by physicians" and "based on the best scientific knowledge." That promise is still the company's identity 150 years later. This module gives you the deep heritage story so you can answer "Why Lilly?" with substance — pulling on the through-line from insulin in 1923 to Mounjaro in 2022 — instead of platitudes.