Fred Craves Biography and Net Worth

Fred Craves, Ph.D. has served on Madrigal’s Board of Directors since July 2016. Dr. Craves co-founded and served as Chairman of the Board of Private Madrigal, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, from its inception in September 2011 through the Merger involving Synta, in July of 2016. Dr. Craves is a Managing Director and co-founder of Bay City Capital. In the course of his career, Dr. Craves has founded and managed several biotechnology companies. Dr. Craves previously served on the boards of directors of several privately-held and publicly-held companies. Dr. Craves currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Synchronicity Pharma, Inc. and IMIDomics, Inc., each a privately-held life science company. During the past five years, Dr. Craves served as a member of the board of directors of Dermira, Inc., KBP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Twist Bioscience, Inc., each a publicly-held life science company. Dr. Craves earned a B.S. degree in biology from Georgetown University, an M.S. in biochemical pharmacology from Wayne State University and a Ph.D. in pharmacology and experimental toxicology from the University of California, San Francisco.