Jonathan M. Rothberg fancies himself the Steve Jobs of biotechnology. While much less known than the Apple
leader, Dr. Rothberg is also a wealthy entrepreneur with a reputation
as a visionary, a masterful promoter and a demanding boss.But what Dr. Rothberg really means is that he wants to do for DNA sequencing what Mr. Jobs did for computing — spread it to the masses.
Dr. Rothberg is the founder of Ion Torrent, which last month began selling a sequencer it calls the Personal Genome Machine. While most sequencers cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are at least the size of small refrigerators, this machine sells for just under $50,000 and is the size of a largish desktop printer.
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Author: ANDREW POLLACK
