Robert Blum Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Chief Executive...

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

Robert Blum General Information

Biography

Mr. Robert Blum serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Cytokinetics. Previously he served as Cytokinetics' President and held other senior level positions at the company overseeing research & development, finance, corporate development, legal, commercial operations and business development at various times since taking part in the launch of company operations in 1998. Prior to Cytokinetics, Robert held senior positions in Business Development and Marketing at COR Therapeutics from 1991-1998. Previously, he performed roles of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and other pharmaceutical business functions at Marion Laboratories and Syntex Corporation from 1981. Robert serves is on faculty at the Center for BioEntrepreneurship at UC San Francisco. He currently serves on the National Board of the American Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science and established the Blum Family Venture Philanthropy Fund. He has also served on the Boards of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewis.h Museum and the Anti-Defamation League. Mr. Blum received B.A. degrees in Human Biology and Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School

Contact Information

Primary Position
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member, Cytokinetics
Education
Harvard Business School, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Stanford University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Email
rb
Phone
+1 (650)
Address
  • 350 Oyster Point Boulevard
  • South San Francisco, CA 94080
  • United States
+1 (650)

Robert Blum Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Cytokinetics Company Chief Executive Officer & Board Member South San Francisco, CA Pharmaceuticals

Robert Blum Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Cytokinetics Pharmaceuticals Publicly Held Formerly VC-backed South San Francisco, CA

Robert Blum Network (30)

Board Members (30)

Name Company Representing Location From
John Henderson MD Cytokinetics Self South San Francisco, CA
Leonard Gage Ph.D Cytokinetics Cytokinetics South San Francisco, CA
Gamida Cell Self Boston, MA
Gamida Cell Self Boston, MA
Gamida Cell Self Boston, MA

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