Kent Wakeford

Co-founder + Executive Chairman at Breaking

Kent Wakeford is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive known for co-founding innovative companies across various sectors. As Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Breaking since November 2023, Wakeford is focused on combating plastic waste through breakthrough technologies developed in collaboration with Harvard and the Wyss Institute. In addition, Wakeford serves as Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Form Bio, which specializes in AI solutions for gene therapy development. Other ventures include co-founding Colossal Biosciences, which aims at species restoration, and tvScientific, a performance advertising platform. Previously, Wakeford held significant roles at Skillz Inc., Gen.G, Kabam, Integral Ad Science, AddThis, and The Enthusiast Network. Academic credentials include a Juris Doctorate obtained from the University of Southern California.

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Los Angeles, United States

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Breaking

Breaking is a plastic degradation company gestated at Colossal Biosciences that uses synthetic biology. Its flagship product, X-32 was discovered in 2022 at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Co-founded by Sukanya Punthambaker, Vaskar Gnyawali, George Church, Don Ingber, Alba Tull, Kent Wakeford, and Ben Lamm.


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11-50

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