Alexis Borisy

Alexis Borisy is a leading life science entrepreneur and investor, focusing over the past 25 years on building, operating, and investing in breakthrough life science-based companies. He currently serves as the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of EQRx, and has been the founder, chairman, CEO, or founding investor of eight NASDAQ-listed companies. Alexis was also previously a partner at Third Rock Ventures, where he played key roles in launching and building many of Third Rock’s portfolio companies. He currently serves as Chairman of Relay Therapeutics (RLAY) and as a Director at Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), both companies he co-founded and served a turn as CEO. Previously he was chairman of the board, co-founder and the first chief executive officer of Foundation Medicine (acquired by Roche), and Director of Thrive Earlier Detection (acquired by Exact Sciences). Alexis also currently serves as chairman of privately held Celsius Therapeutics and as a director of Tango Therapeutics and Dascena.

Prior to joining Third Rock Ventures, Alexis founded CombinatoRx in 2000, serving as its chief executive officer and bringing the company public on the NASDAQ, and as a co-founder and chairman of FORMA Therapeutics. He has transacted tens of billions in the financing, business development, and M&A deals, and has authored numerous scientific papers and patents. Trained in chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard where he was a Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow, Alexis was honored as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review Innovator of the Year. He was also chosen as the New England Entrepreneur of the Year in Life Sciences and was honored as a Presidential Scholar.