Dr. Ge Li is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1993. Ge was one of the founding scientists of Pharmacopeia, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCOP). In 2000, Ge moved back to Shanghai to found WuXi PharmaTech and has been the CEO since. He successfully 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 named as 2012 Boston Biotech CEO Conference Life Achievement Award, one of the 2011 China Healthcare Industry Innovative Leaders, Top Contributors to China’s Outsourcing Industry, 2011 BayHelix Lifetime Achievement Award, San Diego Bio-Pharma Achievement Award 2010, 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.