Robert Duggan (venture capitalist)

Robert "Bob" Duggan is an American venture capitalist and business magnate. He is the former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Pharmacyclics and previously served as CEO of surgical systems maker Computer Motion from 1997 to 2003.

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."

As CEO and Chairman of Pharmacyclics from 2008 to 2015, Duggan had opted not to receive compensation from the company. As of February 2017, Duggan owned a 15.4% stake in the pharmaceutical company, Pulse Biosciences Inc.

Duggan attended, but did not graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara and University of California, Los Angeles.

He and his wife, Tricia Duggan, are members of the Church of Scientology. Duggan has been referred to as the church's "largest financial supporter" by former Scientology executive Mark Rathbun.

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