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Jason Kelly
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Jason Kelly

Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #25

Cofounder and CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks

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2022 list

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player? For leading one of the region’s most intriguing public companies.

Jason Kelly is the cofounder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, a company that aims to program cells like computers. Ginkgo’s technology helps support everything from vaccine manufacturing to sustainable dyes, as well as aiding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with COVID-19 detection in airports. Kelly also chairs a federal biotech advisory committee.

CAREER MILESTONES

2022

Selected to chair the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology. 

2021

Ginkgo Bioworks was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

2008

Cofounded Ginkgo Bioworks with Reshma Shetty, Barry Canton, Austin Che, and Tom Knight.

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Tech Power Players 50 | 2024 | Ranked #25

Jason Kelly

Cofounder and CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks

Also Featured on

2022 list

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player? For leading one of the region’s most intriguing public companies.

Jason Kelly is the cofounder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, a company that aims to program cells like computers. Ginkgo’s technology helps support everything from vaccine manufacturing to sustainable dyes, as well as aiding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with COVID-19 detection in airports. Kelly also chairs a federal biotech advisory committee.

CAREER MILESTONES

2022

Selected to chair the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology. 

2021

Ginkgo Bioworks was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

2008

Cofounded Ginkgo Bioworks with Reshma Shetty, Barry Canton, Austin Che, and Tom Knight.

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Ginkgo Bioworks partnering with Google for AI-based drug discovery

Ginkgo Bioworks partnering with Google for AI-based drug discovery

Ginkgo Bioworks preps early-warning systems for next pandemic

Ginkgo Bioworks preps early-warning systems for next pandemic

Ginkgo Bioworks fellowship aims to open doors for Black STEM students

Ginkgo Bioworks fellowship aims to open doors for Black STEM students

SIMILAR PROFILES