Sheila Gujrathi, Angel Investor

Sheila Gujrathi, MD is a biotech entrepreneur and executive, healthcare investor, and drug developer with over 25 years of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. She has founded, built, and run numerous biotech companies and led the development and approval of life-changing pharmaceutical drugs for patients with immunology and oncology diseases. In addition to founding her own biotech companies, she currently serves as a chairwoman, board director, strategic advisor, and consultant to many start-up companies and investment funds. Dr. Gujrathi has also earned multiple biotech leadership awards, including Corporate Directors Forum Director of the Year; Healthcare Technology Report Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology; Athena Pinnacle Award, and was named among the Fiercest Women in Life Sciences. She is thrilled to be the 2024 Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering commencement speaker.