Management Team

R. Bruce Stewart
Executive Chairman of the Board

R. Bruce Stewart is the founder, director, and Executive Chairman of the Board of Arrowhead Research. A life-long entrepreneur, Mr. Stewart has started and funded over eighteen companies and has taken several of them to the public markets. His capital market experience spans thirty years and he has raised substantial capital for both public and private companies. He is known for his success in building value for shareholders and innovating novel strategies in corporate finance.

Prior to founding Arrowhead Research, Mr. Stewart founded Acacia Research Corporation which he took public in 1995. During Mr. Stewart’s eight-year tenure, Acacia built a portfolio of subsidiary companies operating in the areas of biotechnology, media technology licensing, direct marketing and early internet applications and reached a market cap of close to $1 billion.

Mr. Stewart gained much of his knowledge and experience in corporate finance as President of Annandale Securities from 1977 to 1992, an investment banking firm and registered broker dealer. He structured innovative financing vehicles which have since become industry standard.

Early in 2003, Mr. Stewart brought the sum of his knowledge and experience to the field of nanotechnology. In forming Arrowhead Research Corporation, he has combined his access to capital and his talent for finding early-stage technology with commercial potential with the belief that the path to the future goes through nanotech. In the short time Arrowhead has been operating, Mr. Stewart’s vision has resulted in a well-financed company partnered with some of the most respected minds in the field.