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Oct 14, 1946 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 77 years old
American biochemist
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About Craig Venter
- John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, geneticist, and businessman.
- He is known for leading the first draft sequence of the human genome and assembled the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome.
- Venter founded Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J.
- Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), where he currently serves as CEO.
- He was the co-founder of Human Longevity Inc.
- and Synthetic Genomics.
- He was listed on Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
- In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Craig Venter at 14th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
- He is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.
