21st Maurice Galante Lecture: Bill Browder Gives Riveting Account of Russia Experiences at 21st Maurice Galante Lecture

The 21st Maurice Galante Lecture was given by Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, on June 13th at UCSF Mission Bay in Byers Auditorium in Genentech Hall. Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies. 

In 2009, Browder’s Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was killed in a Moscow prison after uncovering and exposing high-level corruption committed by Russian government officials. In February 2015, Browder published the New York Times bestseller Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No.1 Enemy,  recounting his battles with the Russian government and work to seek justice for Magnitsky and others like him. The lecture was followed by a book signing and reception. 

The @UCSFSurgery & Galante family hosted the 21st #MauriceGalante lecture @UCSF Mission Bay. Noted CEO/author @Billbrowder spoke passionately of his efforts to secure passage of #MagnitskyAct(s) which sanction human rights abusers by freezing their assets. https://t.co/glIvdJpApE pic.twitter.com/4O6AMpbhve

— UCSF Surgery (@UCSFSurgery) June 15, 2018

The 21st #MauriceGalante lecture @UCSFSurgery brings @Billbrowder. @Jasosamd provided a terrific introduction about the purpose of the lecture of allowing surgeons to pivot outwards to the larger world and engage in meaningful conversations. #MagnitskyAct pic.twitter.com/jkBMRn3aMV

— American. Surgeon. (@SanzianaR) June 13, 2018