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Cathy Friedman

Cathy Friedman

Executive Venture Partner GV

San Francisco Bay Area, United StatesVenture Capital & Private Equity
Company
GV (Google Ventures)
Title
Executive Venture Partner Gv
Seniority
Partner
Department
C Suite
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry
Venture Capital & Private Equity

About

Cathy Friedman is a business executive with nearly 40 years of experience across finance, technology, and healthcare. Cathy is an Executive Venture Partner at GV, where she is a senior member of the investing team and advises the life sciences portfolio. Cathy has spent 15 years on the boards of leading public and private life sciences and technology companies. Recently, in addition to her role as Chair of the Board at Grail (acquired by Illumina), she has been an independent director at Vividion Therapeutics (acquired by Bayer), Lyell Immunopharma, Seer, Altaba (formerly Yahoo!), Radius Health, and Revolution Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Earlier in her career, Cathy spent nearly 24 years with Morgan Stanley. She held several executive positions, including Managing Director, Head of West Coast Healthcare, and co-head of Morgan Stanley's biotechnology practice. Cathy holds a B.A. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A from The University of Virginia's Darden School of Busines…

Experience

Executive Venture Partner Gv

GV · San Francisco Bay Area

Present

Board Member

Lyell Immunopharma · South San Francisco, California

Present

Board Member

Altaba.com · New York, New York

Board Member

Seer

Board Member

Revolution Health Acquisition Corp · United States

Chairperson

GRAIL, Inc. · Menlo Park, California

Board Member

Radius Health, Inc. · Waltham, Massachusetts

Managing Director

Morgan Stanley · New York, London, San Francisco, Silicon Valley

Held numerous executive positions during a 23-year investment banking career with Morgan Stanley, including Managing Director (1997-2006), and Head of West Coast Healthcare and Co-Head of the Biotechnology Practice (1993-2006).

Education

University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Harvard University

AB, Economics

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