Noubar Afeyan — Founder
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. To date, Flagship has deployed over $3.4 billion in capital toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside more than $26 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. The current Flagship ecosystem comprises 40 companies, including Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DNLI), Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FHTX), Generate:Biomedicines, Inari, Indigo Agriculture, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Omega Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OMGA), Sana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: SANA), Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB) and Tessera Therapeutics.
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Experience: 37 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Biotechnology
Career Highlights
- Founder of multiple successful biotech companies.
- Expert in transforming health and sustainability through innovation.
- Over $90 billion in aggregate value created.
Work Experience
Indigo
Co-Founder and Board Member (1 yr 2 mos)
Lila Sciences
Co-founder/Founding Chairman, Board member (3 yrs 3 mos)
Ampersand Biomedicines
Co-founder and Chairman (2 yrs 4 mos)
Apriori Bio
Co-Founder and Chairman (2 yrs 9 mos)
ProFound Therapeutics
Co-founder and Chairman (3 yrs 1 mo)
Montai Health
Co-Founder and Board Member (4 yrs 11 mos)
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Board Member (1 yr)
Generate Biomedicines, Inc.
Co-Founder and Chairman (8 yrs 2 mos)
Tessera Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Board Member (7 yrs 3 mos)
Alltrna
Founding Chairman (5 yrs)
Ring Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman (3 yrs 6 mos)
Cellarity
Co-Founder and Chairman (3 yrs 6 mos)
Harvard Business School
Visiting Lecturer (2 yrs)
Valo Health
Founding Chairman (2 yrs)
Laronde
Co-Founder and Chairman (5 yrs)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Member of Executive Committee, MIT Corporation (9 yrs 9 mos)
Omega Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman (7 yrs)
Repertoire Immune Medicines
Board Member and Co-Founder (5 yrs)
Cygnal Therapeutics
Board Member and Co-Founder (3 yrs)
Ohana Biosciences, Inc.
Board Member (2 yrs)
Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.
Co-Founder and Board Member (4 yrs)
Evelo Biosciences
Co-Founder and Chairman (4 yrs)
CiBO Technologies
Co-Founder and Board Member (2 yrs)
Codiak BioSciences
Co-Founder and Board Member (2 yrs)
Aurora Prize
Co-Founder and Chairman (12 yrs 2 mos)
Rubius Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman (8 yrs)
AGBU
Board Member (4 yrs)
Seres Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Board Member (9 yrs 2 mos)
Moderna Therapeutics
Co-Founder and Chairman (16 yrs 2 mos)
Axcella Health
Chairman and Co-Founder (8 yrs)
Midori Renewables, Inc.
Board Member (5 yrs 8 mos)
Eleven Biotherapeutics
Board member (4 yrs 10 mos)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Member Board of Trustees (18 yrs 2 mos)
Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.
Chairman and Co-Founder (10 yrs)
National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia
Board Member (7 yrs)
BIND Therapeutics
Board Member (7 yrs)
Boston University
Board of Overseers Member (3 yrs)
LS9, Inc.
Board Member and Co-Founder (8 yrs)
Codon Devices
Chairman and Co-founder (3 yrs)
Helicos BioSciences
Board Member and Co-Founder (8 yrs)
Adnexus Therapeutics
Board Member and Founder (5 yrs)
Epitome Biosystems
Co-founder (2 yrs)
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation
Chairman and Co-Founder (14 yrs)
Affinnova
Board Member and Founder (12 yrs 9 mos)
Selventa
Board Member and Founder (5 yrs)
BG Medicine
Co-Founder and Board Member (15 yrs)
Flagship Pioneering
Founder and CEO (26 yrs 2 mos)
MIT Sloan School of Management
Senior Lecturer (16 yrs 5 mos)
Applera Corporation
Chief Business Officer (1 yr)
Celera Genomics
Co-Founder (1 yr)
Color Kinetics
Board Member and Founding Investor (11 yrs)
agenus
Board Member and Founding Investor (11 yrs)
Exact Sciences
Board Member and Founding Investor (6 yrs)
Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals
Chairman and Co-Founder (2 yrs)
PerSeptive Biosystems
CEO and Founder (9 yrs)
Education
PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS at McGill University
