Charles Sawyers

Charles L.
Sawyers is the founder of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., founded in 2009, and Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc., founded in 2014.
Current jobs include Chairman of the Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2006, Director at BeOne Medicines Ltd. starting in 2026, Senior Advisor at Arsenal Capital Management LP, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of the National Academy of Medicine (United States), and Professor at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences since 2008.
Former jobs include Independent Non-Executive Director at Novartis AG from 2013 to 2025, Chief Associate at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1996 to 2006, President of the American Association for Cancer Research from 2013 to 2014, President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Trustee at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc., and Science Partner at The Column Group LLC.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Princeton University and a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.