Title: Jack Kavanaugh (6)
1Jack Kavanaugh
Noted doctor and business leader in the
biotechnology and medical world.
2About Jack Kavanaugh
Jack Kavanaugh is one of successful Business
leader and doctor in medical and science
technology companies. He has been a member or
chairman of the board of directors in numerous
science technology companies. Dr. Jack kavanaugh
holds DDS, MBA and BA degrees from UCLA, an MD
degree from USC. Dr. Kavanaugh either founded the
company or sat on the board playing a significant
role in their success.
3Dr Kavanaugh served as Chairman and CEO of
Amerident, a health care service provider which
he founded in 1996, grew organically from 1 to
approximately 600 employees and sold at a
significant multiple of invested capital to a
public company approximately two and a half years
from inception, in 1999. Amerident received over
30 community service awards and a state
congressional medal of honor for its work with
infants.
4Jack Kavanaugh previously served as Founder,
Chairman and CEO of ZetaRX, the core of Juno
Therapeutics, which reported the best results
ever in the history of terminal cancer therapy
and which has attained a market cap of
approximately 6 billion. Dr. Kavanaugh became
associated with Dr. Bob Grubbs, the 2005
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and
joined the board of Materia Inc., a post he held
through March, 2014. Materia Inc. licensed Dr.
Grubbs Nobel prize-winning technology catalyst
platform for industrial use.
5Jack Kavanaugh Interview
6Jack kavanaugh and his wife Leslie, a real estate
executive, are supporters of numerous charitable
effort including City of Hope National Medical
Center in Duarte, California. The center is one
of a handful of comprehensive Cancer Centers in
the U.S. authorized by the National Cancer
Institute to eradicate several deadly diseases.