Neil Kumar
Chief Executive Officer at EIDOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Net worth: 213 M $ as of 2024-03-30
Profile
Founder of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and BridgeBio Pharma LLC, Neil Kumar holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Director at BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer & Director at BridgeBio Pharma LLC and Chief Executive Officer at Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.). Neil Kumar is also on the board of PellePharm, Inc., Navire Pharma, Inc. and LianBio. Dr. Kumar previously was Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Principal at Third Rock Ventures LLC and Vice President-Business Development of MyoKardia, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC.
3.73% | 2024-03-31 | 6,875,932 ( 3.73% ) | 213 M $ | 2024-03-30 |
LIANBIO
-.--% | 2023-04-09 | 0 ( -.--% ) | - $ | 2024-03-30 |
Neil Kumar active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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EIDOS THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Chief Executive Officer | 2016-02-29 |
BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. | Founder | 2014-12-31 |
LIANBIO | Director/Board Member | 2019-09-30 |
BridgeBio Pharma LLC
BridgeBio Pharma LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology BridgeBio Pharma LLC engages in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical drugs for patients with genetic diseases. It offers transthyretin stabilizer, SHP2 inhibitor, KRAS inhibitor, Collagen 7 replacement, and S1P-lyase inhibitor. The company was founded by Neil Kumar and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Founder | 2014-12-31 |
Origin Biosciences, Inc.
Origin Biosciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., Origin Biosciences, Inc. is an actively managed investment issuer focused on making equity investments in psychedelics industry-related companies to provide investors with diverse exposure to the sector. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company, led by a team of industry experts, leverages its management expertise, professional network, and due diligence process to identify and invest in leading and emerging companies focused on the emerging psychedelics sector. Michael Henderson has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | President | - |
Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc.
Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc. develops biopharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Boston, MA. | President | - |
Calcilytix Therapeutics, Inc. | President | - |
Adrenas Therapeutics, Inc. | Treasurer | - |
QED Therapeutics, Inc.
QED Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., QED Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Palo Alto, CA. The private company focuses on precision medicine for FGFR-driven diseases and is committed to finding solutions to FGFR-driven cancers and diseases to give patients more possibilities. QED Therapeutics' lead investigational candidate is infigratinib, an orally administered, FGFR1-3 selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown activity in patients with chemotherapy-refractory cholangiocarcinoma with FGFR2 fusions and advanced urothelial carcinoma with FGFR3 genomic alterations. In 2020, QED submitted a new drug application (NDA) with the Food and Drug Administration for second- and later-line cholangiocarcinoma. Michael Henderson has been the CEO of the company since 2017. | President | - |
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Training of Neil Kumar
Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Doctorate Degree |
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Listed companies | 2 |
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BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. | Health Technology |
LIANBIO | Health Technology |
Private companies | 14 |
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MyoKardia, Inc.
MyoKardia, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology MyoKardia, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, commercialization, and development of therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Its lead therapeutic candidate, Mavacamten, is an orally administered allosteric modulator of cardiac myosin being developed for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The company was founded by James A. Spudich, Jonathan G. Seidman, Christine Seidman, and Leslie Leinwand on June 8, 2012 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
PellePharm, Inc.
PellePharm, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology PellePharm, Inc. engages in the operation of a biotechnology company committed to targeting rare dermatologic diseases. It develops Patidegib , an investigational topical treatment designed to mitigate the tumor burden in patients with Gorlin Syndrome and Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCCs), and other potential indications. The firm also focuses on commercializing Patidegib treatment by potentially reducing invasive and painful surgeries. The company was founded by Michael Henderson, Jean Tang, Ervin Epstein, and Philip Beachy and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
BridgeBio Pharma LLC
BridgeBio Pharma LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology BridgeBio Pharma LLC engages in the discovery and development of pharmaceutical drugs for patients with genetic diseases. It offers transthyretin stabilizer, SHP2 inhibitor, KRAS inhibitor, Collagen 7 replacement, and S1P-lyase inhibitor. The company was founded by Neil Kumar and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Health Technology |
Eidos Therapeutics, Inc.
Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. focuses on addressing the large and growing unmet need in diseases caused by transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (ATTR). Its product include the AG10, an orally-administered small molecule designed to potently stabilize TTR, suggesting a treatment with the potential to halt the progression of ATTR. The company was founded by Graef Isabella and Alhamadsheh Mamoun on August 6, 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
QED Therapeutics, Inc.
QED Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., QED Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Palo Alto, CA. The private company focuses on precision medicine for FGFR-driven diseases and is committed to finding solutions to FGFR-driven cancers and diseases to give patients more possibilities. QED Therapeutics' lead investigational candidate is infigratinib, an orally administered, FGFR1-3 selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown activity in patients with chemotherapy-refractory cholangiocarcinoma with FGFR2 fusions and advanced urothelial carcinoma with FGFR3 genomic alterations. In 2020, QED submitted a new drug application (NDA) with the Food and Drug Administration for second- and later-line cholangiocarcinoma. Michael Henderson has been the CEO of the company since 2017. | Health Technology |
Origin Biosciences, Inc.
Origin Biosciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., Origin Biosciences, Inc. is an actively managed investment issuer focused on making equity investments in psychedelics industry-related companies to provide investors with diverse exposure to the sector. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company, led by a team of industry experts, leverages its management expertise, professional network, and due diligence process to identify and invest in leading and emerging companies focused on the emerging psychedelics sector. Michael Henderson has been the CEO of the company since 2018. | Health Technology |
Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc.
Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., Phoenix Tissue Repair, Inc. develops biopharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Boston, MA. | Health Technology |
Navire Pharma, Inc.
Navire Pharma, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Navire Pharma, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics to treat multiple cancers. It focuses on SHP2, a protein-tyrosine phosphatase that links growth factor, cytokine and integrin signalling with the downstream RAS/ERK MAPK pathway to regulate cellular proliferation and survival. The company was founded by Phil Jones and Benjamin Neel in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
Adrenas Therapeutics, Inc. | |
BridgeBio Services, Inc. | |
Calcilytix Therapeutics, Inc. | |
BridgeBio Chemistry, Inc. | |
Third Rock Ventures LLC
Third Rock Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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