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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eugene Kleiner	Business	12-May-1923	20-Nov-2003	Venture capitalist

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