# Richard Klausner

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/richard-klausner
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Richard Klausner is an American physician-scientist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He previously served as the 11th Director of the National Cancer Institute and Executive Director for Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is also a co-founder of several biotechnology companies, including Lyell Immunopharma, Mindstrong, Juno Therapeutics, GRAIL, and Altos Labs. [1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 16]

## Key facts

- **Slug:** richard-klausner
- **Title:** Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board

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