Jeffrey Leiden

Jeffrey Leiden
Jeffrey Leiden
Born	Glencoe, Illinois
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation(s)	Executive Chairman, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Organizations	Clarus Ventures; Abbott Labs; Harvard School of Public Health and Medical School; Cardiogene; University of Chicago; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan;
Board member of	National Academy of Medicine; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Society for Clinical Investigation; Association of American Physicians; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Massachusetts’s Governor’s Digital Healthcare Council; Governor’s STEM Advisory Council;
Awards	Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Life Sciences (2017); Henri A. Termeer Innovative Leadership Award (2018); Academy of Distinguished Bostonians (2018); New Englander of the Year;
Website	Jeffrey Leiden

Jeffrey Leiden is an American physician, scientist and businessman who is the executive chairman of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in Boston, Massachusetts. He was initially appointed to the board of directors of the company in 2009 and was CEO and president from February 2012 to March 2020.