David Perry (entrepreneur)

David Perry
Education University of Tulsa
Harvard University
United States Air Force Academy
Occupation Entrepreneur
Employer Indigo Agriculture
Board member of Indigo Agriculture
FareWell

David Perry is the president, CEO and director of Indigo Agriculture, an agriculture technology startup that uses plant microbiomes to increase plant health and crop yields.[1] He is also a co-founder and serves as Chairman of the Board[2] at FareWell, a digital lifestyle medicine company,[3] and a board member at Evelo.[4]

Perry was raised on a farm in rural Arkansas and is a “serial entrepreneur,”[1] founding several companies in the life sciences sector, including Anacor Pharmaceuticals,[5] which he co-founded in 2002,[6] and Chemdex, a B2B platform for buyers and sellers of life science products.[7]

Under Perry’s leadership, Chemdex, rebranded as Ventro in 2000, achieved a valuation of $11 billion.[8]

Perry was named entrepreneur of the year by financial consulting firm Ernst & Young,[3] and has been called “one of the rock stars of the Web” by Pharma & MedTech Business Intelligence.[9]

Education

Perry holds a BS from the University of Tulsa and a MBA from Harvard University,[10] during which he started his first biotech company, Virogen.[11] He also attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he was selected as a National Merit Scholar.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "This Startup Wants to Use Bacteria to Revolutionize How Our Food Is Produced". Fortune. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  2. ↑ "FareWell raises $8.5M for digital coaching weight loss service". 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. 1 2 "David Perry - | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Evelo, Epiva Merge to Develop Immuno-Microbiome Therapies | GEN News Highlights | GEN". GEN. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Anacor Pharmaceuticals loses its CEO months before FDA drug decision - San Francisco Business Times". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  6. ↑ "Start-up U.S. crop company snags pharmaceutical executive as CEO". Reuters. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  7. ↑ "The Chemdex Approach to B2B E-Commerce - Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  8. ↑ PILLER, CHARLES (2001-06-24). "Fatal Flaw Dooms an Internet Venture". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  9. ↑ "Lessons Learned: David Perry, from Chemdex to Anacor :: START-UP :: Pharma & Medtech Business Intelligence". www.pharmamedtechbi.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  10. ↑ "Infectious Disease Research Institute". www.idri.org. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  11. ↑ "David Perry - Ventro Corporation (vntr) - The Wall Street Transcript". The Wall Street Transcript. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  12. ↑ "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
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