Robert Duggan (venture capitalist)
Robert "Bob" Duggan is an American venture capitalist and business magnate. He is the former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Pharmacyclics[1] and previously served as CEO of surgical systems maker Computer Motion from 1997 to 2003.[2]
Duggan received $3.5 billion from the sale of Pharmacyclics to AbbVie in "one of the biggest paydays ever from the buyout of a publicly held company."[3][4][5]
As CEO and Chairman of Pharmacyclics from 2008 to 2015, Duggan had opted not to receive compensation from the company.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Duggan attended, but did not graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara and University of California, Los Angeles.[7]
He is a prominent member of the Church of Scientology and has been referred to as its "largest financial supporter" by former Scientology executive Mark Rathbun.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Sean Williams (27 February 2013). "This Is One Incredible CEO". fool.com.
- ^ "The $3.55 billion Man". America's Markets.
- ^ Warren Cassell, Jr. (28 December 2015). "How Robert Duggan Became a Billionaire". Investopedia. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Antoine Gara. "Robert Duggan". Forbes.
- ^ "The Hiring Guru: Robert Duggan Billionaire". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Gary Strauss (March 24, 2015). "The $3.55 billion Man". USA Today. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ George Thurlow (Summer 2015). "Everybody's a Genius". UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association.
- ^ Brendan Coffey (January 29, 2013). "Robert Duggan Scientology's biggest donor". SFGate.
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