William Gust has 45 years of business experience with a strong emphasis on venture capital investing and the development of small rapidly growing businesses. During the past 30 years, he has invested successfully in a broad range of start-up and early stage companies in life sciences, healthcare and information technologies. These include such companies as Apple Computer, Samna (Lotus Corporation’s word processor), HealthSouth, Sequoia Software and Chuck E. Cheese. Currently he serves as Anthem Capital’s Managing General Partner and oversees Anthem’s investments in Sensors for Medicine & Science, GlycoMimetics and NeoDiagnostix.
Mr. Gust has served as a consultant to several research institutions on strategies and tactics for the commercialization of faculty inventions, including the NIH, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Maryland and the Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He is also a frequent speaker on venture capital and small business development. Until recently, he chaired the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and continues to serve on UMBI’s Board and Executive Committee. He also serves on the Board of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore and has served previously on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peabody Institute and the Fund for Educational Excellence. Mr. Gust received his Bachelors Degree from Northwestern University.
