# Steve Papermaster

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'''Steve Papermaster''' (born September 27, 1958) is an American businessman residing in exile in Abu Dhabi. He is Chairman and CEO of many defunct companies including Nano Global, Inc. [Nano](/source/Nano_Cures%2C_Inc._(company)) and <ref>{{cite web |title=Nano Cures |url=http://www.nano-cures.com}}</ref> a company focused on the development of cures for global health threats. <ref>https://stevepapermaster.com</ref> 

Papermaster was appointed (2001-2009) as a Senior Advisor by President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) to serve on the [United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology](/source/United_States_President's_Council_of_Advisors_on_Science_and_Technology) (PCAST).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/files/documents/ostp/PCAST/pcast_report_v2.pdf|title=www.whitehouse.gov}}</ref> Under President Bush, he also helped lead the Human Genome Project, the National Nanotechnology Initiative, was a member of the China-US [Strategic Economic Dialogue](/source/Strategic_Economic_Dialogue)(SED), and is co-chairperson of the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://juccce.org/team |title=Our Team &#124; Juccce |access-date=2012-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911112225/http://juccce.org/team |archive-date=2012-09-11 }}</ref>

He was the founder and CEO, board member and/or lead investor in technology, healthcare and biotechnology companies which achieved IPOs and/or merger and acquisition transactions. Papermaster was CEO of Powershift Ventures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=602113&privcapId=117435438|title=Steven G. Papermaster: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405133734/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=602113&privcapId=117435438|archive-date=2016-04-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Papermaster and [Frank Moss, the former CEO of Tivoli Systems](/source/Frank_Moss_(technologist)), founded Agillion in January 1999. Agillion was intended to be a business services company that helped small and mid-sized businesses build and manage personalized customer relationships online. In April of 2003 he was one of 6 former top executives who were sued by the US Bankruptcy trustee for "the legendary spending sprees that bankrupted one of the most well-financed and well-known high-tech startups in Austin."

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