# Steen Riisgaard

> Steen Riisgaard is the former president and CEO of the Denmark-based biotech company Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes. He held this position from when Novozymes was founded in a demerger from Novo Nordisk in 2000 until he left the company in 2013 when Peder Holk Nielsen became CEO.

*CEO of Novozymes*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Executive ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Executives
- **Country:** Denmark
- **Born:** 1951
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Steen Riisgaard is the former president and CEO of the Denmark-based biotech company Novozymes, the world’s largest producer of industrial enzymes. He held this position from when Novozymes was founded in a demerger from Novo Nordisk in 2000 until he left the company in 2013 when Peder Holk Nielsen became CEO.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.7
- **Momentum:** 11.7

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7605868)

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