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Kenneth J. Woolcott Introduction Kenneth J. Wolcott is an American businessman, patent attorney and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the Biopharmaceutical Industry. He is best known as a key legal and management executive at IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Biogen-IDEC), where he helped to guide its growth from a company with a market cap of $50M to a company with a valuation of over $10B. In 2002, he founded Six Degrees Capital a real estate and investment firm. His latest venture is iPi, the iPioneering space for consumer-driven purchasing that blends both online and traditional advertising. He is a former minor owner of the Seattle Supersonics.

Biography Kenneth J. Woolcott was born in Tacoma, Washington. Woolcott's family couldn't afford Sonics tickets when he was growing up, so he'd listen to the games on the radio, carefully recording the statistics of stars like Spencer Haywood and Slick Watts in a spiral notebook. For most of his life, playing basketball as a hobby has been his passion. His love for basketball led him to become a minor owner in the Seattle Sonics Basketball team. He now lives in the Queen Anne Neighborhood of Seattle. He first discovered the Queen Anne neighborhood when he was a young student who used to jog up, Queen Anne Avenue North, also known as the Counterbalance, the steepest hill in Seattle. He used to take a break at Kerry Park and fell in love with the sweeping views of Puget Sound, downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and Mount Rainier. His company funded the children’s basketball court that is located in lower Kerry Park.

Career After graduating from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. School of Law, he worked as Intellectual Property, Licensing and Patent Counsel at Hybritech, Inc., San Diego, CA (later acquired by Beckman Coulter from Eli Lilly). He was also on staff as an attorney with Christensen, O’Connor, Johnson Kindness PLLC, a Seattle, WA	law firm. Woolcott spent over 12 years at IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Biogen-IDEC) in key legal and management positions. He has provided strategic counsel on deals encompassing over $1B in global corporate alliances and public financings. He has contributed legal leadership and team influence in the development and FDA approval of two oncology drugs, RITUXAN (first antibody approved for cancer) and ZEVALIN (first radioimmunotherapy approved for cancer), which have generated worldwide sales of over $10B. In addition, he has provided leadership in diverse and challenging roles based on the growth and needs of several organizations, including Six Degrees Capital, a real estate and investment firm; The Seattle Supersonics Pro Basketball team; and the development of the Seattle-based luxury residential property Kerry Park Court. His latest venture is iPi, the iPioneering space for consumer-driven group purchasing that blends both online and traditional advertising. He is active in many charities, both in his home the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, as well as global initiatives.

Sports From 2002 to 2006 during the time when the Seattle Supersonics were based in Seattle, Howard Schultz generally acted as the public face of the Seattle Supersonics ownership. In July 2006, Schultz sold the team to a group of businessmen from Oklahoma City for $350 million. The team now plays in Oklahoma as the Oklahoma City Thunder. During the time that the team was based in Seattle, Howard Schultz had 58 partners or minor owners, (Basketball Club of Seattle, L.L.P.) one of whom was Kenneth J. Woolcott.

References ”The Secretive World of Sonics Owners” Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002911244_sonicsowners05m.html

“Seattle Supersonics board members “ Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/sonicsowners05.html

“Tax write-off may help ease owners' losses” Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002911235_ownertaxes05m.html

^ "Sonics are Oklahoma City-bound". seattlepi.com. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2011-08-22. ^ "Sonics Settlement". Mynorthwest.com. 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-11-24.

External Links

Biogen-IDEC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogen_Idec

Christensen, O’Connor, Johnson Kindness PLLC, Seattle, WA http://www.cojk.com/

IDEC Pharmaceuticals(R) Corp. (NASDAQ: IDPH) has promoted Kenneth J. Woolcott to the position of the vice president, general counsel & licensing executive. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENNETH+WOOLCOTT+PROMOTED+TO+VICE+PRESIDENT,+GENERAL+COUNSEL+%26...-a014728932 Article on Seattle Supersonics ownership in Seattle Times, April 5, 2006 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002911244_sonicsowners05m.html

Kerry Park Court, new luxury townhomes in the Queen Neighborhood of Seattle http://www.kerryparkcourt.com