Eli Casdin
Board Observer
Chief Investment Officer and Founder, Casdin Capital
Eli Casdin founded Casdin Capital in 2011. For the last 17 years, he has analyzed and invested in disruptive technologies and business models in life sciences and healthcare.
Prior to founding Casdin Capital, Eli was a vice president at Alliance Bernstein “thematic” based investment group, where he researched and invested in the implications of new technologies for the life science and healthcare sectors. His Alliance Bernstein black book “The Dawn of Molecular Medicine” detailed the early yet already accelerating wave of innovations in life sciences, and the next wave of investment opportunities. Eli’s prior experience includes time at Bear Stearns and at Cooper Hill Partners, a healthcare focused investment firm.
Eli earned his B.S. from Columbia University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.