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American physician
Anthony Joonkyoo "Joon" Yun (born 1967) is a
Korean -
American physician,
hedge-fund manager and investor.
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Early life, education and early career
Yun was born in
Seoul , South Korea. He attended
St. Albans School , a private all-boys school in
Washington, D.C. He went to
Harvard College where he obtained a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
biology in 1990. He obtained his
Doctor of Medicine degree from
Duke University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed a fellowship and residency in
radiology from
Stanford Hospital in 2000. After his residency, he served on the clinical faculty at the same institution from 2000 until 2006.
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Career
Yun began his career as a healthcare analyst in 1998 at Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a hedge fund based in
Palo Alto, California , with $1 billion assets under management invested in healthcare.
[4] Palo Alto Investors was founded in 1989 by William Edwards,
[5] the son of venture capitalist Bill Edwards, one of the original
Silicon Valley
venture capitalists . Yun has been responsible for healthcare investments for Palo Alto Investors since 1998 and in 2008 was elected president of the firm.
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Charities
Yun is also the creator and sponsor of the $1 Million Palo Alto Longevity Prize,
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[8] which was launched in 2014,
[9] 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.
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[14] Joon Yun is the principal of Yun Family Foundation. In November 2019, the Yun Family Foundation started an initiative to target the growing
attention inequality .
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References
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"$1 million Palo Alto Prize seeks to 'cure' aging" . Palo Alto Online. September 10, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015 .
^ Kristen Sze (September 8, 2014).
"$1 million prize offered to hack the code of aging" .
ABC7 News . Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
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"Joon Yun, M.D."
Forbes . Retrieved September 8, 2014 .
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"Joon Yun at Bloomberg" .
Bloomberg . Retrieved September 8, 2014 .
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"William Leland Edwards Bio, Returns, Net Worth" . Insider Monkey. Retrieved September 8, 2014 .
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"Palo Alto Investors Names Dr. Anthony J. Yun as President" (Press release).
PR Newswire . June 9, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014 .
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"Meet the Silicon Valley investor who wants Washington to figure out what you should eat" . POLITICO . November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2021 .
^ Zoë Corbyn (January 13, 2015).
"Live for ever: Scientists say they'll soon extend life 'well beyond 120' " .
The Guardian . Retrieved January 13, 2015 .
^ Josie Ensor (February 14, 2015).
"How Silicon Valley is trying to cure ageing" .
The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved February 19, 2015 .
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Ashlee Vance (September 9, 2014).
"Silicon Valley Investor Backs $1 Million Prize to End Death" .
Bloomberg Businessweek . Archived from
the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
^ Aaron Kinney (September 14, 2014).
"Silicon Valley launches another bid to 'hack' aging, cheat death" . Mercury News . Retrieved September 18, 2014 .
^ Sarah Buhr (September 15, 2014).
"The $1 Million Race For The Cure To End Aging" .
TechCrunch . Retrieved September 18, 2014 .
^ Victoria Thorp (November 23, 2014).
"The Palo Alto Prize: A 'Moonshot' at Increasing Longevity" . Palo Alto Pulse. Archived from
the original on December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014 .
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"After the last death: Doctors, academics debate the possibility, value of a 150-year lifespan" . Palo Alto Online. January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015 .
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"A New Wealth Gap is Growing—Attention Inequality" . Worth . November 12, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2022 .
^ GmbH, finanzen net.
"The Yun Family Foundation announces the Grand Challenge on Inclusive Stakeholding | Markets Insider" . markets.businessinsider.com . Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
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"Attention Inequality" .
YouTube . Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
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