Portrait of Maky Zanganeh

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Maky Zanganeh

Net worth $1.1B

Biotech · United States

Born
Sep 13, 1970
Age
55
Source
Biotech
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Master of Business Administration, Schiller International University; DDS, University of Strasbourg

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Maky Zanganeh is co-CEO of Summit Therapeutics, a biotech firm with a promising drug candidate to treat lung cancer. She owns just under 5% of the company's stock.
  • Zanganeh, an immigrant from Iran, previously served as chief operating officer of drug firm Pharmacyclics, which was acquired by AbbVie for $21 million in 2015.
  • Zanganeh first came to the U.S. to work for robotic surgery firm Computer Motion in 2002 after running the company's European operations.
  • Zanganeh runs Summit Therapeutics as co-CEO with Robert (Bob) Duggan, who became a billionaire after investing in and running Pharmacyclics. She and Duggan married in 2024.
  • She trained as a dentist at university in Strasbourg, France and then obtained an MBA while first working at Computer Motion.
  • Zanganeh, who attended high school in Germany and university in France, speaks Persian, German, French and English.
  • Zanganeh is a cancer survivor; she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and has since recovered.

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