Anthony Joonkyoo "Joon" Yun (born 1967) is a

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physician, hedge-fund manager and investor.

Early life, education and early career

Yun was born in

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, South Korea. He attended St. Albans School, a private all-boys school in

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He went to

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where he obtained a

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degree in

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in 1990. He obtained his

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degree from

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in 1994 and completed a fellowship and residency in

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from

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in 2000. After his residency, he served on the clinical faculty at the same institution from 2000 until 2006.

Career

Yun began his career as a healthcare analyst in 1998 at Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a hedge fund based in

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, with $1 billion assets under management invested in healthcare. Palo Alto Investors was founded in 1989 by William Edwards, the son of venture capitalist Bill Edwards, one of the original

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ists. Yun has been responsible for healthcare investments for Palo Alto Investors since 1998 and in 2008 was elected president of the firm.

Charities

Yun is also the creator and sponsor of the $1 Million Palo Alto Longevity Prize, which was launched in 2014, an incentive prize to encourage teams from all over the world to compete in an all-out effort to "hack the code" that regulates our health and lifespan. Joon Yun is the principal of Yun Family Foundation. In November 2019, the Yun Family Foundation started an initiative to target the growing

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References

External links

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