Primary Job Title Venture Partner Primary Organization Clarus Ventures
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Bill Young joined NanoString as Executive Chairman after serving from 1999 to 2009 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monogram Biosciences, Inc., a pioneer in the field of personalized medicine.
From 1997 to 1999, William Young served as Chief Operating Officer of Genentech, Inc. William Youngjoined Genentech in 1980 as Director of
Manufacturing and Process Sciences and became Vice President in 1983.
Prior to joining Genentech, William Young was with Eli Lilly & Co. for 14 years. William Young currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Biogen Idec, Inc., is a Director and Chairman Emeritus for BayBio, and is a Director at Theravance, Inc.
William Young holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a M.B.A. from Indiana University and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Purdue University.
