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- Name: Arthur D. Levinson
- Born: March 31, 1950
- Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
- Spouse: Rita May Liff
- Levinson and Liff were married in 1978
- They have two children together
- Received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1972CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Received a PhD in Biochemistry from Princeton University in 1977CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Microbiology at the University of California, San FranciscoCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Levinson has served on the editorial boards of Molecular Biology and Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Journal of Virology, and VirologyCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Has also served on the boards of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and the California Healthcare InstituteCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Has authored or co-authored more than 80 scientific articles
- Has been named as an inventor on 11 U.S. patents
- On the board of scientific consultants for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Member of the advisory council for the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative GenomicsCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Serves on the board of the Technology Network
- Received the Irvington Institute Corporate Leadership Award in Science in 1999CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Received the National Breast Cancer Coalition Corporate Leadership Award in 1999
- Inducted into the Biotech Hall of Fame in 2003CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Served as CEO for biotech firm Genentech from 1995 to 2009CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
- Serves on the corporate boards for both Apple and GoogleMarketWatch: Google, Apple boards probed by regulators (May 5, 2009)
- Rated the "nicest" CEO by Glassdoor.com in 2008 with a 93% approval rating
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Arthur Levinson is an American businessman and inventor from Seattle, Washington. Levinson served as the chief executive officer for biotech company Genentech from 1995 to 2009, when he left his position as CEO to lead Genentech's board of directors. Levinson also serves on the corporate boards for Apple and formerly served on the Google board.CrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
The Federal Trade Commission announced in May 2009 that they had launched a probe to determine whether or not having businessmen Arthur Levinson and Eric Schmidt serve on the boards of both Google and Apple violates the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) which bars executive directors from serving on the boards of two competing companies.MarketWatch: Google, Apple boards probed by regulators (May 5, 2009)
On October 12, 2009, Google announced that Levinson had resigned from its board because of the Federal Trade Commission investigation.http://www.reuters.com/article/CMPSRV/idUSN1212942920091012
Positions Held At Genentech
- 1980: Senior scientist, staff scientist, director of Cell Genetics
- 1989: Vice president of Research Technology
- 1990: Vice president of Research
- 1992: Senior vice president of Research
- 1993: Senior vice president of Research and Development
- 1995 to 2009: CEOCrunchBase: Arthur D. Levinson Profile
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