{{short description|American businessman (born 1974/75)}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Bowen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |44|2019|10|05}}<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Adam Bowen |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/adam-bowen/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=5 October 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Pomona College<br> Stanford University | occupation = | known_for = Co-founder, Juul Labs | title = Chief technology officer, Juul Labs | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = Married | children = 3 | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Adam Bowen''' (born 1974/1975) is an American businessman, and the co-founder (with James Monsees) and currently advisor at Juul Labs,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=The Founders Of Juul Have Largely Disappeared From Public Life |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a45497804/juul-founders-adam-bowen-james-monsees-now/ |access-date=2026-04-28 |website=Women's Health |language=en-US}}</ref> an electronic cigarette company.
Bowen earned a BA in physics from Pomona College, followed by an MS in product design from Stanford University.<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: James Monsees |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=571611975&privcapId=542726761&previousCapId=542726761&previousTitle=JUUL%20Labs,%20Inc. |website=Bloomberg LP |accessdate=5 March 2019}}</ref>
Bowen and Monsees founded vaporizer company Pax Labs in 2007. Juul was spun off from Pax Labs in 2017. In December 2018, following tobacco company Altria taking a 35% stake in Juul, Bowen's net worth increased from an estimated $730 million to more than $1.1 billion.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2018/12/20/new-altria-deal-makes-juul-cofounders-billionaires/|title=New Altria Deal Makes Juul Cofounders Billionaires|first=Kathleen|last=Chaykowski|date=|website=Forbes|accessdate=5 March 2019}}</ref> After subsequent write-downs of the value of Juul, ''Forbes'' no longer considers Bowen a billionaire as of 2020.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>
Bowen is married, with three children, and lives in San Mateo, California.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>
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