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John Freund
Physician-investor who co-founded Intuitive Surgical in 1995 and negotiated the foundational SRI International surgical-technology license; later founded venture firm Skyline Ventures.
American · 1 founding
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- Founder
Dominant surgical-robotics maker (NASDAQ: ISRG; founded 1995, Sunnyvale CA) of the [da Vinci](/models/intuitive-da-vinci) teleoperated surgical robots and the I
IPO · $231M14 verified deployments · da Vinci (and Ion) at Tampa, Florida, USA →52 incidents2 models
Foundings (1)
- Intuitive Surgicalfounded 1995-01-01cofounderno longer at company
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Co-founders (2)
- Frederic Moll co-founded Intuitive Surgical1995-01-01
- Robert Younge co-founded Intuitive Surgical1995-01-01
Former / Previously (1)
- Intuitive Surgical Co-founderSecondary-verified
Education (3)
- Harvard College BA
- Harvard Medical School MD
- Harvard Business School MBA
Sources (1)
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