Arthur D. Levinson
| Arthur D. Levinson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 31, 1950 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Washington Princeton University |
| Occupation | CEO of Calico Chairman of Apple Inc. |
| Known for | Chairman of Apple Inc. Founder and CEO of Calico |
| Spouse(s) | Rita May Liff |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Malvina and Sol Levinson |
Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950) is an American businessman and is the current CEO of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture) and chairman of Apple Inc. (2011 to present). He is the former chief executive officer (1995 to 2009) and chairman (1999 to 2014) of Genentech.
In addition to serving on the board of Apple Inc. (2000–present), Levinson serves on the board of directors of the Broad Institute (affiliated with MIT and Harvard). Previously, Levinson had served on the board of directors at F. Hoffmann-La Roche (2010-2014), NGM Biopharmaceuticals (2009-2014), and Amyris Biotechnologies (2009-2014). He currently serves on the Board of Scientific Consultants of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Industrial Advisory Board of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), the Advisory Council for the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology and the Advisory Council for the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.
Born to a Jewish family, the son of Malvina and Sol Levinson, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1972 and his PhD in biochemistry from Princeton University in 1977. He subsequently moved to a postdoctoral position with Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus in the Department of Microbiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was spotted by Herb Boyer, who hired him to work at Genentech.
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