Bill Bowes (venture capitalist)

Bill Bowes (July 5, 1926 – December 28, 2016) was a venture capitalist, philanthropist, and co-founder of U.S. Venture Partners. He co-founded U.S. Venture Partners in 1981.[1]

Early life and education

Bowes was born in 1926 in San Francisco.[2] He graduated from Lowell High School in 1942.[3] He has a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from Harvard University.[4]

Career

Bowes worked with the investment bank Blyth & Co. Inc. He was also involved with Cetus, a biotechnology company and was a member of its board from 1972 to 1978.[5]

He was the founding shareholder, first Treasurer and Chairman of Amgen. He also invested in Leroy Hood's protein sequencer, and served on the board of directors for Raychem from 1961 until the late 1970s. Bowes is also the founding partner at U.S. Venture Partners.[6][7][8]

Philanthropy

Bowes contributed to the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and also served on the advisory committee for the Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics.[4] He also donated to UCSF, specifically to the basic science, stem cell research, holistic and alternative medicine, junior faculty support, and neurology programs.[9]

References

  1. ^ "William Ketcham "Bill" Bowes, Jr. obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Remembering Bill Bowes - Visionary Investor and Philanthropist". www.amgen.com. December 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "UCSF Mourns Loss of William K. (Bill) Bowes Jr. (1926-2016) | UC San Francisco". www.ucsf.edu. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)". Harvard Business School Alumni. 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Remembering Bill Bowes - Visionary Investor and Philanthropist". www.amgen.com. December 31, 2016.
  6. ^ "ISB: Annual Report 2014". Systemsbiology.org. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Bill Bowes". USVP. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ^ Adeniji, Ade. "Big Giving, Low Profile: The Philanthropy of William Bowes, Jr". Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ "UCSF Mourns Loss of William K. (Bill) Bowes Jr. (1926-2016) | UC San Francisco". www.ucsf.edu. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2024-02-08.


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