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Noubar Afeyan

Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering;

Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering;

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Noubar Afeyan Biography

Noubar Afeyan is founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering. He has been a senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management where he has taught courses on technology-entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership since 2000. Noubar has authored numerous scientific publications and patents since earning his Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from MIT in 1987. He lectures widely in the United States and internationally on diverse topics ranging from entrepreneurship, innovation and venture capital to biological engineering, drug discovery, medical technologies and renewable energy.

During his 28-year career as inventor, entrepreneur, CEO and venture capitalist, Noubar has co-founded and helped build over 35 successful life science and technology startups. He was founder and CEO of PerSeptive Biosystems, a leader in the bio-instrumentation field that grew to over $100M in annual sales within six years from its first sales. After PerSeptive’s acquisition by Perkin Elmer/Applera Corporation in 1998, he was senior vice president and chief business officer of Applera, where he initiated and oversaw the creation of Celera Genomics.

Currently Noubar serves on a number of public and private company boards including Codiak Biosciences, Evelo BioSciences, Kaleido BioSciences, Moderna Therapeutics and Seres Therapeutics. Previously, he was a member of the founding team, director and investor in several highly successful ventures including Chemgenics Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Millennium Pharmaceuticals), Color Kinetics (acquired by Philips), Adnexus Therapeutics (acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb) and Affinnova (acquired by AC Nielsen).

Noubar received a Technology Pioneer 2012 award from the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has served as chairman of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Chemicals, Advanced Materials and Biotechnology and as a member of the WEF’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies.

Noubar is a member of the corporation (board of trustees) of MIT and a member of the board of overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also serves on the boards of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the IDeA Foundation and the UWC Dilijan International School. Previously, he was a co-founder and board member of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, a private-public partnership dedicated to promoting economic development in the former Soviet Republic of Armenia. In 2008 he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award granted to outstanding Americans who have distinguished themselves as United States citizens and who have enabled their ancestry groups to maintain their identities while becoming integral parts of American life. He was a Great Immigrant honoree of the Carnegie Corporation in 2016.

Noubar is engaged in a number of philanthropic initiatives. In 2015, he co-founded the 100 LIVES Initiative, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide and created a remembrance project to locate and preserve stories of both survivors and rescuers from the genocide. In 2016, 100 LIVES inaugurated the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an annual award given to an individual who has faced personal risk to enable others to survive. The prize includes $100,000 for the winner and $1 million for an organization that inspired his or her work. American actor George Clooney and Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel served as co-chairs of the prize committee. The 2016 prize was awarded to Marguerite Barankitse of Maison Shalom and REMA Hospital in Burundi, who saved thousands of children and cared for orphans and refugees during the Burundi civil war.

Noubar Afeyan Videos

  • Technology Pioneer 2012 - Noubar Afeyan (Joule)
    http://www.weforum.org 01.09.2011 Noubar Afeyan, Founder and Chairman, Joule Unlimited and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2012 answers the...

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Noubar Afeyan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Noubar Afeyan for your event is available upon request. Noubar Afeyan generally travels from Cambridge, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ruben Vardanyan, Greg Coleman, Eugene Fama, Dave Hanley and Daniel J. Solove. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Noubar Afeyan for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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