Anthony Liveris

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Anthony Liveris
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Born (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 32)
Relatives Andrew Liveris (father)
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Occupation Businessman

Anthony Liveris (born 2 February 1992) is an Australian businessman and CEO of the biotechnology incubator, Proto Axiom. [1] [2] [3] [4] Anthony is the son of former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company Andrew Liveris. [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Liveris studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was Vice President of the university's College Republicans chapter. [7] During a push to normalise same-sex relations across Ivy-league universities, Liveris said, "A true conservative should endorse empowering Americans to marry whom they love, not limit them." [7] He went on to study at St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. [5] [8] He is also a member of Milken Institute - Young Leaders Circle.

Career

Applecart

While studying, Liveris cofounded the data-analytics firm, Applecart. [9] [10] Applecart is a platform with $12.5 million in funding and more than $30 million in revenue, that enables advertisers to reach high-value business decision-makers. [11] The platform uses publicly available data to map out the closest personal and professional relationships--the influencers--of those decision-makers that advertiser clients, such as KKR and Boeing, then market to with highly targeted messaging. [11] Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel is a board member. [12] [13]

Proto Axiom

Liveris was appointed CEO of Proto Axiom in May of 2022. [14] [15] Proto Axiom is a biotechnology incubator with headquarters in Sydney, Australia. [16] The biotechnology firm has announced partnerships with David A. Sinclair, Catalio Capital Management, [17] and Corrs Chambers Westgarth CEO Gavin MacLaren, among others. [18] [19] The company raised a Series A of $15 million in 2022. [20] [21] [22] [23]

Proto Axiom raised its Series B in 2024 [24] , valuing the company at $90 million. [25]

Major League Pickleball Australia & PPA Tour Australia

Liveris is the President of Major League Pickleball Australia, [26] [27] the official professional league of Australia. [28] The company has announced a partnership with America’s Major League Pickleball (MLP) forming 12 teams throughout Asia Pacific. [27] Beach Volleyball Olympian Natalie Cook and professional golfer Adam Scott are owners of the Gold Coast Glory. [29] [30]

Political affiliations

Liveris has worked for Senator Mitt Romney's 2012 Presidential campaign, Tony Blair's Africa Governance Initiative and for former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [5] [31] In 2019, Liveris attended the U.S. State Dinner in honour of then Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. [32] [33] Following the Australian Federal election of 2022, Liveris published a piece for the Australian Financial Review critical of Senator Amanda Stoker's views on the election. [15] Liveris briefly worked for Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Future Initiative. [34]

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