Joon Yun Explained

Joon Yun
Birth Name:Anthony Joonkyoo Yun
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Education:Harvard University (BA)
Duke University (MD)
Occupation:Physician
President of Palo Alto Investors[1]
Founder of Palo Alto Institute

Anthony Joonkyoo "Joon" Yun (born 1967) is a Korean-American physician, hedge-fund manager and investor.[2]

Early life, education and early career

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] Palo Alto Investors was founded in 1989 by William Edwards,[5] the son of venture capitalist Bill Edwards, one of the original 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] which was launched in 2014,[9] an incentive prize to encourage teams from all over the world to compete in an all-out effort to "hack the code" that regulates our health and lifespan.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Joon Yun is the principal of Yun Family Foundation. In November 2019, the Yun Family Foundation started an initiative to target the growing attention inequality.[15] [16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: $1 million Palo Alto Prize seeks to 'cure' aging . Palo Alto Online . September 10, 2014 . February 19, 2015.
  2. Web site: $1 million prize offered to hack the code of aging . . September 8, 2014 . September 14, 2014 . Kristen Sze.
  3. Joon Yun, M.D. . . September 8, 2014.
  4. Web site: Joon Yun at Bloomberg . . September 8, 2014.
  5. Web site: William Leland Edwards Bio, Returns, Net Worth . Insider Monkey . September 8, 2014.
  6. Palo Alto Investors Names Dr. Anthony J. Yun as President . . June 9, 2014 . September 8, 2014.
  7. Web site: Meet the Silicon Valley investor who wants Washington to figure out what you should eat. 2021-11-02. POLITICO. November 4, 2019 . en.
  8. News: Live for ever: Scientists say they'll soon extend life 'well beyond 120' . . January 13, 2015 . January 13, 2015 . Zoë Corbyn.
  9. News: How Silicon Valley is trying to cure ageing . . February 14, 2015 . February 19, 2015 . Josie Ensor.
  10. Silicon Valley Investor Backs $1 Million Prize to End Death . https://web.archive.org/web/20140910162101/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-09/silicon-valley-investor-backs-1-million-longevity-prize . dead . September 10, 2014 . . September 9, 2014 . September 14, 2014 . Ashlee Vance . Ashlee Vance .
  11. News: Silicon Valley launches another bid to 'hack' aging, cheat death . Mercury News . September 14, 2014 . September 18, 2014 . Aaron Kinney.
  12. News: The $1 Million Race For The Cure To End Aging . . September 15, 2014 . September 18, 2014 . Sarah Buhr.
  13. Web site: The Palo Alto Prize: A 'Moonshot' at Increasing Longevity . Palo Alto Pulse . November 23, 2014 . December 8, 2014 . Victoria Thorp . December 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206054958/http://paloaltopulse.net/2014/11/23/the-palo-alto-prize-a-moonshot-at-increasing-longevity/ . dead .
  14. Web site: After the last death: Doctors, academics debate the possibility, value of a 150-year lifespan . Palo Alto Online . January 9, 2015 . January 13, 2015.
  15. News: A New Wealth Gap is Growing—Attention Inequality . 11 October 2022 . Worth . 12 November 2019.
  16. News: GmbH . finanzen net . The Yun Family Foundation announces the Grand Challenge on Inclusive Stakeholding Markets Insider . 3 February 2020 . markets.businessinsider.com.
  17. Web site: Attention Inequality . . 3 February 2020 . en.

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