# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-a-swanson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:45:58.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-a-swanson"
name: "Robert A. Swanson"
slug: "robert-a-swanson"
description: "Robert \"Bob\" Swanson (1947–1999) was an American venture capitalist who co-founded Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is one of the leading biotechnology companies in the world. He was CEO of Genentech from 1976 to 1990, and chairman from 1990 to 1996."
tagline: "American businessman (1947–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_A._Swanson_2000_Biotech_Award.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1947"
deathDate: "1999-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.694386666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Robert A. Swanson"
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    title: "روبرت سوانسون"
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    title: "روبرت سوانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Swanson"
    title: "Robert A. Swanson"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7._%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رابرت ا. سوانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Swanson"
    title: "Robert A. Swanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341301"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump