Ge Li

Dr. Li is one of the founders, Chairman, and CEO of WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Beijing University in 1989, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University, New York in 1993. Ge was one of the founding scientists of Pharmacopeia, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCOP) in Princeton, New Jersey, one of the world’s leading combinatorial chemistry companies then, where he had held a series of scientific and management leadership positions. At Pharmacopeia, Inc., Ge had successfully co-developed three compounds under clinical evaluation. In 2000, Ge moved back to Shanghai to found WuXi PharmaTech and was the CEO since. He managed to grow the company from a small start-up to a NYSE-listed global company.

Dr. Li’s achievements have won him numerous prestigious awards and honors, with recent ones including The 60 Most Influential People during 60 Years Pharmaceutical Development in China, the Most Innovative Leader of Chinese Enterprises in 2008 together with WuXi AppTec the Most Innovative Company in China, the 2007 China Top 10 Influential Entrepreneurs, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year China 2007 Award, 2006 China Top Ten Talents (Science & Technology) Award, etc. In 2005 Dr. Ge Li was featured on the cover page of Red Herring magazine August 1st issue, and honored with Distinguished Entrepreneur Award from Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of The State Council of People’s Republic of China when he received the prestigious award at Great Hall of The People in Beijing on September 29, 2005.