Director

John R. Stuelpnagel

Chairman of the Board of Directors·10x Genomics, Inc.

About

John R. Stuelpnagel, D.V.M., has been Chairman of the 10x Genomics board of directors since August 2013.

He co-founded Illumina in 1998, where he worked in various capacities including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and board member until March 2009. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Ariosa Diagnostics from October 2009 to January 2015, when it was sold to Roche, and was Chairman of Sequenta from November 2010 to January 2015, when it merged with Adaptive Biotechnologies (where he then served as a director from January 2015 to November 2017).

He received his B.S. in Biochemistry and his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis, and his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Since 2013
Age 68
Tenure 13 yrs

Also at 10x Genomics, Inc.

SS Serge Saxonov Chief Executive Officer and Director BH Benjamin J. Hindson Chief Scientific Officer, President and Director AM Alan Mateo Director KP Kimberly J. Popovits Director ST Sarah Teichmann Director SK Sri Kosaraju Director

Roles

Organization Role Dates Details
10x Genomics, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors 2013–present Current role
Illumina Co-founder; CEO, CFO, COO and director 1998 - March 2009 Held various senior leadership roles after co-founding the company.
Ariosa Diagnostics Co-founder and Executive Chairman October 2009 - January 2015 Sold to Roche in January 2015.
Sequenta Chairman November 2010 - January 2015 Merged with Adaptive Biotechnologies in January 2015.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Director January 2015 - November 2017 Continued as a board member following the Sequenta merger.
CW Group Associate 1997 - 1998
Element Biosciences Chairman 2017 - 2023 Served as Chairman of the DNA sequencing technology company (per official 10x Genomics board profile).

External roles

Organization Role Dates
Fabric Genomics Chairman August 2009 - April 2025
Inscripta Chairman April 2017 - April 2025
Manus Bio Chairman April 2025 -
Encoded Therapeutics Director May 2017 -
Volta, Inc. Director May 2025 -

Related

Source: 10x Genomics, Inc. SEC filings and official company website

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