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John Oyler is the CEO and co-founder of BeOne Medicines, a biotech company. With a current net worth of $2.0 Billion, Oyler has made significant contributions to the healthcare industry. His career includes founding and selling multiple successful companies. He is a graduate of MIT and Stanford Business School and is known for his entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to making impactful medicines accessible to patients worldwide.
John V. Oyler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1968. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering in 1990. During his time at MIT, he started his first business renting and selling items to fellow students. He later earned an MBA from Stanford University.
Oyler began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, which involved travel to China and sparked his interest in the biopharmaceutical industry. He joined Genta, a biotechnology company focused on cancer drugs, in 1997. In 1998, Oyler founded Telephia, a telecom research company which was later sold to Nielsen in 2007 for $449 million. In 2005, he founded BioDuro, a drug discovery outsourcing company in Beijing, and sold it to PPD Inc. in 2010 for $77 million. In 2010, he co-founded BeOne Medicines.
Oyler has built his career on identifying opportunities and building companies. He recognized the potential of the Chinese market early on. His strategy includes strategic investments in research, clinical development, manufacturing, and a global commercial model. This approach allows BeOne Medicines to accelerate the development of its oncology pipeline and bring innovative cancer medicines to patients faster. He also initiated fundamental changes to clinical trials, such as expanding trial sites globally to reduce costs.
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Earned a degree in mechanical engineering.
Joined biotechnology company focused on cancer drugs.
Founded telecom research company Telephia, later sold to Nielsen.
Founded drug discovery outsourcing company in Beijing.
Founded the global biotechnology company.
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"We want to show people that the little company can do it. That a China company can do it."
Committed to developing impactful medicines.
Believes in global collaboration to fight cancer.
Dedicated to bringing affordable and impactful medicines to billions of patients.
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