Juan Enriquez
Juan Enriquez is
one of the world’s preeminent authorities on the economic and political
impacts of the life sciences. He is the author of the global bestseller
As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces are Changing
Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth. Energetic and articulate, Juan is
a fine speaker with a unique message that he tailors to each audience.
He can speak on which advances in the life sciences will matter to your
firm and industry—and why—and give you strategic insights into how to
turn the life science revolution to your advantage. Fast Company
has chosen Juan as one of their Fast 50 for 2005. Mr. Enriquez is
Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy, a company that researches and funds
startups that are working to develop the promise of the genomic
revolution.
Juan is also an expert on the dynamics of the knowledge economy and the
other social and political forces that are driving change in America and
the world today. His next book, The Untied States of America (due
November 2005) explores a broad array of forces that are threatening to
untie the United States, just as they are breaking up other large
states into smaller ones throughout the world. His provocative question:
how many stars will be in the American flag in 50 years, given that no
president has ever been buried under the same flag he was born under?
Before founding Biotechonomy, Mr. Enriquez was the founder and Director
of Harvard Business School’s Life Science Project. He has published
several landmark papers, including, “Transforming Life, Transforming
Business: The Life Science Revolution” (Ray Goldberg, coauthor), which
won a second place McKinsey Prize in 2000. Harvard Business School chose
Mr. Enriquez as one of its best and most charismatic teachers and
showcased his work in its first set of faculty products. He is widely
published in the mainstream press and academic journals.
Juan participated in a landmark world discovery voyage to sample
microbial genomes throughout the world’s oceans led by Craig Venter, who
sequenced the human genome. He serves on a number of boards and has held
several government positions in Mexico.