American physician (born 1967)
Anthony Joonkyoo "Joon" Yun (born 1967) is an American physician, hedge-fund manager and investor.[ 2]
Yun was born in Seoul , South Korea. He attended St. Albans School , a private all-boys school in Washington, D.C. He went to Harvard College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology in 1990. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed a fellowship and residency in radiology from Stanford Hospital in 2000. After his residency, he served on the clinical faculty at the same institution from 2000 until 2006.[ 3]
Career
Yun began his career as a healthcare analyst in 1998 at Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a hedge fund based in Palo Alto, California , with $1 billion assets under management invested in healthcare.[ 4] [ 5] Silicon Valley venture capitalists . Yun has been responsible for healthcare investments for Palo Alto Investors since 1998 and in 2008 was elected president of the firm.[ 6]
Charities
Yun is also the creator and sponsor of the $1 Million Palo Alto Longevity Prize,[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] attention inequality .[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
References
^ "$1 million Palo Alto Prize seeks to 'cure' aging" . Palo Alto Online. September 10, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015 .^ Kristen Sze (September 8, 2014). "$1 million prize offered to hack the code of aging" . ABC7 News . Retrieved September 14, 2014 . ^ "Joon Yun, M.D." Forbes . Retrieved September 8, 2014 .^ "Joon Yun at Bloomberg" . Bloomberg . Retrieved September 8, 2014 .^ "William Leland Edwards Bio, Returns, Net Worth" . Insider Monkey. Retrieved September 8, 2014 .^ "Palo Alto Investors Names Dr. Anthony J. Yun as President" (Press release). PR Newswire . June 9, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014 .^ "Meet the Silicon Valley investor who wants Washington to figure out what you should eat" . POLITICO . November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2021 .^ Zoë Corbyn (January 13, 2015). "Live for ever: Scientists say they'll soon extend life 'well beyond 120' . The Guardian . Retrieved January 13, 2015 . ^ Josie Ensor (February 14, 2015). "How Silicon Valley is trying to cure ageing" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved February 19, 2015 . ^ Ashlee Vance (September 9, 2014). "Silicon Valley Investor Backs $1 Million Prize to End Death" . Bloomberg Businessweek the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .^ Aaron Kinney (September 14, 2014). "Silicon Valley launches another bid to 'hack' aging, cheat death" . Mercury News . Retrieved September 18, 2014 . ^ Sarah Buhr (September 15, 2014). "The $1 Million Race For The Cure To End Aging" . TechCrunch . Retrieved September 18, 2014 . ^ Victoria Thorp (November 23, 2014). "The Palo Alto Prize: A 'Moonshot' at Increasing Longevity" . Palo Alto Pulse. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014 . ^ "After the last death: Doctors, academics debate the possibility, value of a 150-year lifespan" . Palo Alto Online. January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015 .^ "A New Wealth Gap is Growing—Attention Inequality" . Worth . November 12, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2022 .^ GmbH, finanzen net. "The Yun Family Foundation announces the Grand Challenge on Inclusive Stakeholding | Markets Insider" . markets.businessinsider.com . Retrieved February 3, 2020 . ^ "Attention Inequality" . YouTube . Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
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