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Pat Brown

Unicorn founder

Founder & CEO at Impossible Foods

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedImpossible Foods$7B

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Pat Brown was a professor of biochemistry and HHMI investigator at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1986 to 2013, and in 2002 co-founded the open-access publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) with Mike Eisen and Harold Varmus. He founded Impossible Foods, serving as CEO for 11 years and continuing on its board of directors, and leads the Impossible Foundation, which conducts an ecosystem restoration project focused on converting a cattle ranch into native ecosystem. He has returned to Stanford as an emeritus professor, where he works on plant-derived protein ingredients and technology for producing meat, fish, and dairy alternatives from plant ingredients.

Founder & CEO at Impossible Foods

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Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checksBlue Horizon CorporationZurichCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2026Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checksContinental Grain CompanyNew YorkCPT CapitalLondonDesigner FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFall Line CapitalSan FranciscoFourward VenturesLos AngelesG SquaredChicagoGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026Happiness CapitalHong KongHorizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checks · since 2020Interlock CapitalSan Diego · $25K – $50K checksInvestXVancouverK2 GlobalSingaporeKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2020Manhattan WestLos AngelesManta Ray VenturesLondonNext Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyPreston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checksTemasekSingapore · since 2013UBSZurich · since 2026Unanimous CapitalMenlo Park

Experience

  1. Impossible FoundationPresidentcurrent2022 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
  2. Impossible Foods Inc.Foundercurrent2011 — presentRedwood City, CA
  3. Impossible Foods Inc.Member Board of Directorscurrent2011 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
  4. Impossible Foods Inc.Chief Executive Officer2011 — 2022Redwood City, California, United States
  5. Stanford University School of MedicineProfessor of Biochemistry, Emerituscurrent2014 — present
  6. Lyrical FoodsFoundercurrent2011 — presentHayward, CA
  7. Public Library of ScienceCo-Foundercurrent2002 — present
  8. Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Stanford UniversityProfessor of Biochemistry1988 — 2014
  9. Canary FoundationScientific Advisor2004 — 2013
  10. St. Jude Children's Research HospitalScientific Advisor2002 — 2011
  11. UCSFPost-doctoral fellow1985 — 1988
  12. Children's Memorial HospitalPediatric Resident1982 — 1985

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Who is Pat Brown?
Pat Brown was a professor of biochemistry and HHMI investigator at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1986 to 2013, and in 2002 co-founded the open-access publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) with Mike Eisen and Harold Varmus. He founded Impossible Foods, serving as CEO for 11 years and continuing on its board of directors, and leads the Impossible Foundation, which conducts an ecosystem restoration project focused on converting a cattle ranch into native ecosystem. He has returned to Stanford as an emeritus professor, where he works on plant-derived protein ingredients and technology for producing meat, fish, and dairy alternatives from plant ingredients.
Where does Pat Brown work?
Pat Brown is Founder & CEO of Impossible Foods.
What companies did Pat Brown found?
Pat Brown founded Impossible Foods.
Where did Pat Brown go to school?
Pat Brown studied at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (MD); The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (PhD, Biochemistry); University of Chicago.

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