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Genentech

COMPANY

Founded 1976 by Robert A. Swanson and Herbert W. Boyer.

Official Website:
http://www.gene.com/

Industry:
Health

Ticker:
NYSE:DNA

Corporate headquarters:
South San Francisco, CA

Sales:
$6.6B (2005)

Employees:
9500

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Herbert W. Boyer
Biologist
10-Jul-1936   Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Doctor
1958   Chancellor of UCSF
Arthur D. Levinson
Business
31-Mar-1950   CEO of Genentech
Myrtle Potter
Business
1958   COO of Genentech, 2000-04
Ralph Snyderman
Doctor
1940   CEO of Duke University Health System
William D. Young
Scientist
c. 1944   Monogram Biosciences

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William M. Burns
Business
?   Executive at Roche
Erich Hunziker
Business
15-Sep-1953   CFO of Roche Group
Jonathan K. C. Knowles
Business
?   Director of Research at Roche
Arthur D. Levinson
Business
31-Mar-1950   CEO of Genentech
Debra L. Reed
Business
c. 1956   Sempra Energy subsidiary executive
Charles A. Sanders
Business
c. 1932   CEO of Glaxo, 1989-95

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Herbert W. Boyer
Biologist
10-Jul-1936   Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Amo Houghton
Politician
7-Aug-1926   Congressman from New York, 1987-2005
Franz Humer
Business
1-Jul-1946   Chairman of Roche
Linda Fayne Levinson
Business
c. 1942   Vendare Media Corporation
Tom Perkins
Business
1932   Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eugene Kleiner
Business
12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist


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