William Chou Biography and Net Worth

William Chou, M.D. has served as our Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors since October 2022. Dr. Chou is an accomplished executive with nearly 20 years of healthcare experience across a range of development and commercialization roles. Dr. Chou previously served as CEO of Aruvant Sciences (Aruvant), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing gene therapies for rare disease, from November 2019 to October 2022. Prior to joining Aruvant, from May 2008 to October 2019, Dr. Chou served in a variety of leadership roles at Novartis Pharma AG (Novartis), including Vice President and Global Disease Lead for Novartis’ Cell and Gene Therapy where he oversaw the global commercial launch of Kymriah®, the first CAR-T cell therapy. Prior to that role, Dr. Chou led the Kymriah® lymphoma clinical development program to approvals in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada and Japan. Before joining Novartis, Dr. Chou worked at the Boston Consulting Group where he focused on commercial and clinical pharmaceutical strategy. Dr. Chou holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management, an MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and an AB in politics and economics from Princeton University. Dr. Chou completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and his fellowship in geriatrics at Yale University.