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Full Name
  
Robert

Name
  
Robert Swanson

Cause of death
  
brain cancer

Role
  
Venture capitalist

Nationality
  
United States

Organizations founded
  
Occupation
  
biotechnologist



Born
  
1947
U.S.A

Known for
  
Died
  
December 6, 1999, Hillsborough, California, United States

Awards
  
National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Similar People
  
Herbert Boyer, Arthur D Levinson, Thomas Perkins

Genentech founder robert a swanson interview


Robert "Bob" Swanson (1947–1999) was an American venture capitalist who cofounded the biotechnology giant Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is a pioneer in the field, and it remains one of the leading biotechnology companies in the world.

Bob Swanson graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He acquired a B.S. degree in Chemistry as well as a master's degree in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Both degrees were conferred in 1970.

He is regarded as an instrumental figure in launching the biotechnology revolution. The authors of the book, 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium ranked Mr. Swanson number 612. Mr. Swanson was inducted into the Junior Achievement U. S. Business Hall of Fame in 2006. He received the 2000 Biotechnology Heritage Award posthumously with Herbert Boyer.

On December 6, 1999, he succumbed to brain cancer, at the age of 52.

References

Robert A. Swanson Wikipedia


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