Sam Dryden is an investor and developer of life-sciences ventures with extensive expertise in the scale-up and commercialization of early-stage technologies world-wide.
Sam is a Managing Director of Wolfensohn & Company, a private investment and advisory firm founded by James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank. In this capacity, he focuses primarily on private equity investments in alternative energies. He is also CEO of Emergent Genetics, LLC — a plant sciences investment holding company. Until June 2006, Sam served as the Chair and Corporate CEO of Emergent Genetics, Inc. — a global leader in the development and marketing of biotechnology-enhanced seed products. Emergent Genetics’ operations were based in Europe, the United States, Argentina and Brazil, and comprised one of the largest seed companies in India. The majority of the Company was acquired in April 2005 by the Monsanto Company and its remaining operations were acquired in June 2006 by Syngenta AG.
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