Childhood in New Jersey; education in chemistry, business; early employment experiences in business management, banking, and as financial and administrative officer for Genentech's first management team; early growth of Genentech, Inc.; corporate financial strategies; raising venture capital, product licensing, private placements, research and development partnerhips, joint ventures, FIPCO [fully integrated pharmaceutical company] plan, junior common stock; discussion of Genentech products including insulin, growth hormone, gamma interferon, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), enzymes; Genentech's initial public offering; comments on Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Cornelius Pettinga, Robert Swanson, and others.