J. Craig Venter - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

Number of Founded Organizations

CB Rank (Person)

Location San Diego, California, United States
Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As John Craig Venter

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J. Craig Venter is based out of Rockville, Maryland, and was the Founder, CEO and Chairman of J. Craig Venter Institute. J. Craig previously worked at Celera as a Founder. J. Craig Venter attended the University of California San Diego. J. Craig Venter has recevieded the Gairdner Foundation International Award.

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

J. Craig Venter

has had

past jobs including

Founder, CEO

J. Craig Venter Institute

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
J. Craig Venter Institute	Founder, CEO	Oct 2006	Apr 2026
Celera	Founder	1998	—
Viridos	Founder & CEO	—	—
Agradis	Co-Founder	—	—
Human Longevity	Co-Founder	—	—
Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Professor	—	—
Human Genome Sciences	Founder	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
J. Craig Venter Institute	Chairman	—	Apr 2026
Excel Venture Management	Member of the Strategic Advisory Board	—	—
XPRIZE	Member of the Board of Trustees	—	—
Human Longevity	Board Chairman	—	—

Education

J. Craig Venter

studied at

University of California San Diego

and

University of California San Diego

University of California San Diego Bachelor of ScienceBiochemistry
University of California San Diego PhDPhysiology & Pharmacology

Events

Number of Events

J. Craig Venter

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Biotech Week Boston 2019

Sep 10, 2019

Biotech Week Boston 2019 Speaker Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North AmericaSep 10, 2019
GMIC 2018 Speaker Beijin, Guangdong, China, AsiaApr 26, 2018
Manifesto Summit 2017 Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaNov 3, 2017
Cell & Gene Therapy Bioprocessing & Commercialization 2017 Speaker Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North AmericaSep 25, 2017
Vator Splash Health 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaMar 23, 2017
Vator Splash Health 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 23, 2017
Rock Health Summit Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaSep 29, 2015
SynBioBeta SF 2014 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaNov 13, 2014