Bill Bowes
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Who is Bill Bowes?
Founding partner Bill Bowes has seen a lot of change since USVP's
inception in 1981 - in the venture community, in the Valley, in the
world. But some important things remain the same; namely, the passion
of entrepreneurs: "It's the entrepreneurs that keep this business new
and fresh, every day," says Bill.
Bill was the founding shareholder of Amgen and was its first
Chairman and Treasurer. Prior to founding USVP, he'd already had
success as a venture capitalist with companies like Cetus, Raychem
(where he served on the board from 1961 until the late 1970s), and Dymo
Industries. Bill had previously been Senior Vice President and Director
of Blyth Eastman Dillon Company, where he worked from 1953 to
1978 and was a consultant to Blyth Eastman Paine Webber from 1978 to
1980.
At USVP, Bill led the firm's investments in Advanced Cardiovascular
Systems, Applied Biosystems, Devices for Vascular Intervention,
Glycomed, Sun Microsystems and Ventritex. Currently Bill is on the
board of Xoma Corporation.
Today Bill devotes much of his time to education and medical
research. He is on the executive committee of the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music and recently retired as Board Chairman of The
Exploratorium, San Francisco's exemplary interactive museum of the
sciences. He also serves on the Board of the Asian Art Museum, Grace
Cathedral and the Hoover Institution.
Having focused his investment career largely in the medical
industry, Bill remains involved through some of his nonprofit work. He
is on the Board of Directors of the UCSF Foundation and was Chairman of
the Mission Bay Capital Campaign. He serves on the Advisory Committees
of Bio-X, the Institute for Systems Biology, QB3 and Harvard Partners
Center for Genetics and Genomics - each dedicated to furthering
interdisciplinary medical research. He is on the visiting committee at
Bill holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, an M.B.A.
from Harvard University and served in the U.S. Army infantry in the
South Pacific and Japan during and after World War II.
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- Also known as
- William K. Bowes Jr.
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
Economics - MBA, Harvard Business School
- Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
- Employment
- Founder, U.S. Venture Partners
(1981 - ) - Senior Vice President and Director, Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co.
(1953 - 1978)
- Founder, U.S. Venture Partners
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on July 23, 2013
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