Vulcan Capital, the group that manages billionaire Paul Allen’s investment holdings, has promoted Chris Temple to be its new president, replacing Lance Conn. Temple, who joined Vulcan last year, previously was managing director at Tailwind Capital, a New York-based private equity firm. “Chris is an exceptional talent and has proven a valuable member of our team since joining us last summer,” Allen said in a statement. Conn had been president of Vulcan Capital since 2004, and had a desire to move his family and “step back from his current role,” Vulcan said.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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