Charles L. Sawyers founded Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Advisor at Arsenal Capital Management LP. Dr. Sawyers is also on the board of Novartis AG and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. and Chairman-Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States) and Professor at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

In his past career Charles L. Sawyers occupied the position of President for American Association for Cancer Research, President at American Society for Clinical Investigation and Chief Associate at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.