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ARTHUR LEVINSON APPLE'S NEW CHAIRMAN
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10:45 16.11.11
Apple has appointed Arthur Levinson, one of Silicon Valley's most
respected leaders, as the company's new Chairman of the Board,
Mashable.com reported.
Levinson has served on Apple's board of directors for more than a
decade. In 2000, Steve Jobs asked Levinson to join Apple's board when
Levinson was chairman and CEO of Genentech, the multibillion-dollar
biotech company now owned by Roche. Only Intuit's Bill Campbell and
J Crew's Millard Drexler have served longer on Apple's board.
"Art is a highly respected CEO and leads one of the most important
and successful science-based companies of our time," Jobs said when
Levinson first joined the board. "We look forward to his insight
and counsel."
Levinson was born in Seattle in March 1950 to Sol and Malvina
Levinson. From his childhood he was interested in the sciences. He
points to Carl Sagan's Intelligent Life in the Universe as one of
the most influential books in his early life. That inspiration took
him to the University of Washington, where he graduated with a BSc
in molecular biology in 1972. He received a PhD in Biochemstry from
Princeton in 1977, a year before he got married.
His career at Genentech began in 1980, when he was recruited as a
research scientist by Genentech co-founder Dr Herbert Boyer. Levinson
quickly moved up the ranks, becoming the VP of research technology
in 1989 and senior VP of R&D in 1993. In 1995, Levinson was named
CEO. In 1999, he was also named chairman of the board.
In 2009, Levinson stepped down from his CEO duties at Genentech
after the company was acquired by Roche for $46.8 billion. He remains
the company's chairman and serves on a variety of boards, including
the boards of Roche, Amyris and the Broad Institute. He also joined
Google's board of directors in 2004, but left in 2009 not long after
the departure of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board.
Tert.am
10:45 16.11.11
Apple has appointed Arthur Levinson, one of Silicon Valley's most
respected leaders, as the company's new Chairman of the Board,
Mashable.com reported.
Levinson has served on Apple's board of directors for more than a
decade. In 2000, Steve Jobs asked Levinson to join Apple's board when
Levinson was chairman and CEO of Genentech, the multibillion-dollar
biotech company now owned by Roche. Only Intuit's Bill Campbell and
J Crew's Millard Drexler have served longer on Apple's board.
"Art is a highly respected CEO and leads one of the most important
and successful science-based companies of our time," Jobs said when
Levinson first joined the board. "We look forward to his insight
and counsel."
Levinson was born in Seattle in March 1950 to Sol and Malvina
Levinson. From his childhood he was interested in the sciences. He
points to Carl Sagan's Intelligent Life in the Universe as one of
the most influential books in his early life. That inspiration took
him to the University of Washington, where he graduated with a BSc
in molecular biology in 1972. He received a PhD in Biochemstry from
Princeton in 1977, a year before he got married.
His career at Genentech began in 1980, when he was recruited as a
research scientist by Genentech co-founder Dr Herbert Boyer. Levinson
quickly moved up the ranks, becoming the VP of research technology
in 1989 and senior VP of R&D in 1993. In 1995, Levinson was named
CEO. In 1999, he was also named chairman of the board.
In 2009, Levinson stepped down from his CEO duties at Genentech
after the company was acquired by Roche for $46.8 billion. He remains
the company's chairman and serves on a variety of boards, including
the boards of Roche, Amyris and the Broad Institute. He also joined
Google's board of directors in 2004, but left in 2009 not long after
the departure of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board.