J. Craig Venter, PhD

Co-founder, Executive Chairman & CEO
Human Longevity Inc.

J. Craig Venter, a biologist renowned for his contributions in sequencing the first draft human genome in 2001, is co-founder, executive chairman and CEO of Human Longevity Inc. He is also founder, executive chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute and a co-founder, chairman and co-chief scientist of Synthetic Genomics Inc.Venter is a recipient of the 2008 National Medal of Science, member of the National Academy of Sciences.