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Joon Yun

BornAnthony Joonkyoo YunDecember 22, 1967 (age 46)Seoul, South Korea

NationalityAmerican

Alma materSt. Albans SchoolHarvard College (B.A.)Duke University School of Medicine (M.D.)Stanford University School of Medicine (Residency in Radiology)

OccupationCurrently, President of Palo Alto Investors, a $1B+ hedge fund based in Palo Alto, CA.Previously, clinical faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine

Also Known forFounder of the Palo Alto Prize, a $1 Million incentive prize dedicated to aging research. Founder of the Palo Alto Institute, a private foundation think tank.

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Anthony Joonkyoo Joon Yun (born December 22, 1967) is an American hedge fund manager and President of Palo Alto Investors, a $1B+ hedge fund founded in 1989 in Palo Alto, CA. His investment specialty is in the healthcare sector. In 2005, he co-founded the Palo Alto Institute, a think tank dedicated to researching and educating the public about unconventional ideas through conferences, events, media and publications. In 2014, he launched the Palo Alto Prize, a newly established Silicon Valleybased initiative for health-related incentive prize competitions. Contents 1 Early Life 2 Career 3 Philanthropy 4 References 5 External linksEarly Life

Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, a descendant of a clan of Yuns dating back 500 years to a small village in rural South Korea. He attended St. Albans School, a private all-boys school in Washington DC, and went on to study at Harvard College where he obtained a BA in Biology in 1992. He obtained his MD from Duke University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed a fellowship and residency in Radiology from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2000. After his residency, he served on the clinical faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine from 2000-2006.CareerWhile Yun was completing his fellowship and residency in Radiology and subsequently serving on the clinical staff at Stanford University School of Medicine, he began his career as a healthcare analyst in 1998 at Palo Alto Investors, LLC a hedge fund based in Palo Alto, CA with $1 billion assets under management invested in healthcare. Palo Alto Investors was founded in 1989 by William Edwards,[1] the son of renown venture capitalist Bill Edwards, one of the original Silicon Valley venture capitalists.[2] He has been responsible for healthcare investments for Palo Alto Investors since 1998 and in 2012 was elected President of the firm in 2008.[3]

Joon has served on several corporate and non-profit boards, and has published dozens of patents, scientific articles, business essays and books.[4] He is a contributor to Forbes,[5] the health editor for Evolution magazine,[6] and a speaker and commentator on Bloomberg,[7] the SALT conference, George Soros Institute for New Economic Thinking,[8] and numerous other media outlets and conferences.[9]PhilanthropyOn September 9, 2014, Yun announced the launch of the $1 million Palo Alto Longevity Prize, an incentive prize to encourage teams from all over the world to compete in an all-out effort to hack the code that regulates our health and lifespan. In 2005, Yun co-founded the Palo Alto Institute, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to transforming lives by changing the way people think through conducting original researching and educating the public through conferences, events, media and publications. This Institute sponsored the Palo Alto International Film Festival in 2011-2012[12] and organized a number of conferences and events bringing together speakers from the Stanford Joint Program in Design, Dan Ariely, and other leading thinkers from around the world.[13][14] Yun has been involved in a number of other philanthropic efforts such as serving on the board of the VH1 Save the Music Foundation and the board of SV2.References1. http://www.insidermonkey.com/hedge-fund/palo+alto+investors/344/2. http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/edwards_william.pdf3. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/palo-alto-investors-names-dr-anthony-j-yun-as-president-57422582.html4. http://www.paloaltoinstitute.org/5. http://www.forbes.com/sites/joonyun/6. http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/introducing-joon-yun-to-evolution-this-view-of-life7. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/health-care-is-an-enabler-of-gdp-growth-yun-WUEIXyj8QyuyKSyAf2ShXg.html8. http://ineteconomics.org/new-economic-thinking/joon-yun-healthcare-21st-century9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4yWMry7ws10. https://www.youtube.com/user/paloaltofestival11. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1C196996013DD7F512. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfrBrX-eeo&list=PL7CBB6CB6E9C5BC31External links www.drjoonyun.com www.pa-investors.com www.paloaltoprize.com www.paloaltoinstitute.org http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joon-yun-m-d/0/103/748