Arthur D. Levinson | |
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Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | March 31, 1950
Alma mater | University of Washington (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | CEO of Calico Chairman of Apple Inc. |
Known for | Chairman of Apple Inc.[1] Founder and CEO of Calico |
Spouse | Rita May Liff |
Children | 2 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oncology, virology, immunology, biochemistry |
Institutions | Princeton University Calico |
Thesis | [ProQuest 302838590 Identification and Characterization of Adenovirus Tumor Antigens] (1977) |
Doctoral advisor | Arnold J. Levine |
Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950)[2] is an American businessman and is the chairman of Apple Inc.[3] (2011–present) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture). He is the former CEO (1995–2009) and chairman (1999–2014) of Genentech.
In addition to the board of Apple Inc. (2000–present), Levinson is on the board of directors of the Broad Institute.[4] Previously, Levinson had been on the board of directors at Hoffmann-La Roche (2010–2014), NGM Biopharmaceuticals (2009–2014), and Amyris Biotechnologies (2009–2014). He is on the Board of Scientific Consultants of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Industrial Advisory Board of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), the advisory council for the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology and the advisory council for the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.[5]