A dense field of data points plotted across a coordinate grid

Credentials

Part of About Rory. Education, professional record, and recognition.

Education

Middlebury College
Columbia University

Professional record

Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions — PaineWebber, 1981–1990
Chief Executive Officer — RF&P Corporation, 1991–1995 (real estate investment company owned by the Virginia State Retirement System)
Founder, Chairman — Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX), 1996–2024
Chief Executive Officer, then Chairman — Cibus Inc. (CBUS), since 2021
Executive Chairman and Founder — Syntax Data
Chief Executive Officer and Trustee — WEBs ETF Trust, since 2017

Full board and governance record on About Rory; career detail on the Career Timeline.

Technical record

20 granted U.S. patents spanning Functional Coordinates, the Functional Coordinate System, Functional Location, Functional Space, Functional Proximity, Functional Trajectory, the Functional Information System, and Systems Syntax — see the dedicated Patents page. The methodology is specified in Systems Economics: The Parts and Processes of Economic Systems (Locus Analytics, 2019, 3rd edition, 294 pages).

Recognition

Cibus was named Fast Company’s #2 Most Innovative Agriculture Company of 2024, cited directly for the production discipline Riggs brought from pharmaceutical development to plant biology.

About Rory Riggs

Rory Riggs

Rory Riggs is an inventor, executive, and investor who applies one system, the Locus Model, across biotechnology, finance, and economics. Mr. Riggs is Executive Chairman of Syntax Data, which has built a foundational coordinate-based information infrastructure for finance and economic data based on his patented Locus Model and Functional Information System (FIS).

Rory Riggs: Education

Degree / Field, Institution, Description
Degree / Field	Institution	Description
BA	Middlebury College	Undergraduate degree.
MBA	Columbia University	Graduate business degree.

Rory Riggs: Affiliations

Organization, Role, Dates, Description
Organization	Role	Dates	Description
New York Genome Center	Board Member		Director of the New York Genome Center, his primary current nonprofit board.
Feinstein Institute (Northwell Health)	Director		Director of the Feinstein Institute, the research arm of Northwell Health.
FibroGen Inc.	Co-Founder and Director	1993-10 – Present	Co-founder and director of FibroGen since October 1993 — his longest confirmed board tenure.
Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.	Director, Audit Committee	2014-01 – 2025	Director of Intra-Cellular Therapies from January 2014, serving on the Audit Committee.
SUGEN Inc.	Co-Founder and Board Member		Co-founder and board member of SUGEN.
GeneNews / StageZero Life Sciences	Board Chair / Director	1998 – Present	Board Chair and director of GeneNews, later StageZero Life Sciences, since 1998.
Nuredis Inc.	Director		Director of Nuredis Inc.
Bond Street Marketplace	Angel Investor / Board Member		Angel investor and board member of the fintech company Bond Street Marketplace.