
Christian Angermayer
Founder and Chairman
Christian Angermayer is a serial entrepreneur and investor who builds and invests in companies that are shaping the Next Human Agenda: a future in which technology empowers people to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. He is the world’s leading advocate for human enhancement and believes in advancing scientific progress to usher in an era of physical and mental potential, improving life for all.
Apeiron Investment Group, Christian’s family office and private investment firm, has more than USD 2.5 billion under management and 50 people in London, New York City, Abu Dhabi and Berlin. Apeiron focuses on Life Sciences, FinTech & Crypto, Future Tech, Natural Resources & Clean Energy, and Experiences, Hospitality & Happiness. Over the past 20 years, Christian has founded three unicorns and has been the lead investor in four unicorns and two decacorns.
Christian’s current areas of focus include:
Christian is recognized for leading the current psychedelics renaissance which he believes will end the global mental health crisis.
He has founded two biotech companies, Rejuveron Life Sciences and Cambrian Biopharma, that are developing medical drugs with the aim to significantly prolong the human life and health span. He is also a sponsor of the XPRIZE Healthspan, the $101 million competition that will incentivize new therapeutics to improve healthy aging and close the gap between life and health expectancy.
Christian is also a driving force behind the world’s leading BCI developer, Blackrock Neurotech. The Utah-based company is developing innovative brain technologies to provide new hope for people with paralysis and other neurological conditions – and already has almost 50 BCIs implanted in patients’ brains.
Senior Leadership

Srinivas Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Anne Johnson
Chief Financial Officer

Gerd Kochendoerfer, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer

Robert Conley, M.D.
Chief Research and Development Officer

Kevin Craig, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Glenn Short, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer

Ryan Barrett
Chief Legal and Business Officer
Board of Directors

Srinivas Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Christian Angermayer
Founder and Chairman

Scott Braunstein, M.D.
Vice Chairman and Lead Independent Director Science and Technology Committee, Chair Audit Committee, Member

Cosmo Feilding Mellen
Co-Founder and Director

Laurent Fischer, M.D.
Director Science and Technology Committee, Member Compensation Committee, Member

Rob Hershberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Board member

Andrea Heslin Smiley
Director Compensation Committee, Chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Member Audit Committee, Member

John Hoffman
Director

Amir Kalali, M.D.
Director Science and Technology Committee, Member Audit Committee, Member

Sabrina Martucci Johnson
Director Audit Committee, Chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Chair

