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THE FINANCIER

Harley Soltes / The Seattle Times

David Blech, one of Forbes magazine's 400 richest Americans in 1992, now lives in a modest apartment in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood and hopes for a comeback.

He helped create the biotech boom and when it went bust, so did he The man who helped start Seattle's biotechnology industry, including several companies run by doctors from The Hutch, is now a convicted felon.
No wonder they call the place 'Mother Hutch' Since the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was founded as a tax-supported nonprofit a quarter-century ago, it has spawned private companies worth more than $18 billion and an estimated $100 million in personal wealth for its doctors.
	• Here, based on financial records in the public domain, are some of the progeny of "Mother Hutch":

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