Craig Venter

I am an American biotechnologist, biochemist, geneticist, and businessman. He is known for leading the first draft sequence of the human genome.

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

He wrote a book

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

He went to a community college(San Mateo) and then transfered to the University of California(San Diego) and studied under Biochemist Nathan O Kaplan

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

The family moved to a working class suburb south of San Francisco and lived in a house next to the train tracks after his dad died at 59.

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

Craig's father was a Mormon who drank too much, smoked too much, and died at 59.

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

Venter was born on October 14, 1946 in Salt Lake City, the youngest son

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

He estimates that his net worth is in the tens of millions of dollars. (even after giving more than $100 million in Human Genome Sciences and Celera stock to endow his research organization, which is now called the J. Craig Venter Institute)

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

Craig assembled the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome.

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

Craig's childhood was filled with by adrenaline and building things!

[Craig Venter @CraigVenter5]

Craig Venter grew up in Millbrae (a small town 15 miles south of San Francisco, California)