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{{Short description|American professor at The Citadel}}
[[File:Business photo.pic.jpg|thumb|right|Mallory Factor]]
{{Infobox person
| name = Mallory Factor
| image = Mallory Factor's business photo.jpg
| alt = Professor at Monster's University
| caption =
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|16}}<ref>''O'Dwyer's Directory of Public Relations Executives'', Jack O'Dwyer, 1997</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], US
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| alma_mater = [[Wesleyan University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], 1972)</small>
| children = 7
| spouse = Elizabeth Weir
| occupation = Chairman of IntraBio Inc, former professor at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]], formerly a banker and [[public relations]] specialist
| known_for = Pharmaceutical entrepreneur; Academic; [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| website = {{url|http://malloryfactor.com}}
}}

'''Mallory Factor''', <small>[[Order of the Nation (Grenada)|KCNG]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/mallory-factor|title = Mallory Factor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Emily|first1=DeVoe|title=Citadel Professor named a Knight Commander of the British Commonwealth – The Citadel – Charleston, SC|url=http://www.citadel.edu/root/professor-sir-mallory-factor-named-knight-commander|website=www.citadel.edu|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> (born July 16, 1950) is an American pharmaceutical executive, professor, author, and media contributor.<ref name="Mallory Factor Biography">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/#s=e-g |title=Mallory Factor Biography |publisher=FoxNews.com |date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114074033/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/ |archive-date=November 14, 2013 }}</ref> Factor is the founder and executive chairman<ref>{{cite web|title=OUR MANAGEMENT|url=https://intrabio.com/our-management/|website=intrabio.com|date=20 April 2018|access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref> of IntraBio Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Randle |first1=Michael |title=UK biopharma company IntraBio moves HQ to Austin, raises $40M |url=https://southernbusiness.com/uk-biopharma-company-intrabio-moves-hq-to-austin-raises-40m/ |website=Southern Business & Development |date=1 April 2024}}</ref> which developed [[levacetylleucine]], commercially known as AQNEURSA, for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kansteiner |first1=Fraiser |title=IntraBio hits the ground running with new rare disease launch |url=https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/after-landmark-rare-disease-approval-intrabio-ready-hit-ground-running-aqneursa-launch |website=www.fiercepharma.com |language=en |date=30 September 2024}}</ref>

Factor is visiting senior fellow in entrepreneurship at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/mallory-factor|title=VISITING SENIOR FELLOW IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP|website=www.pharm.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-United-Kingdom/Part-Time-Project-And-Events-Manager-University-Of-Oxford=2Qbn8vSk5hGURwAlkGUTnw.html|title=Part-time Project and Events Manager, University of Oxford, United Kingdom {{!}} scholarshipdb.net|website=scholarshipdb.net|language=en|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref> He was the John C. West Professor (Emeritus) of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.citadel.edu/root/factor_named_west_chair|title=Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel – The Citadel – Charleston, SC|website=www.citadel.edu|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

With his wife Elizabeth Weir, he is co-author of ''Shadowbosses'' (2012) and ''Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution'' (2014), which were both New York Times bestsellers.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2012/09/09/hardcover-nonfiction/|title= Hardcover Nonfiction Sept. 9, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2020-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2014/04/27//|title= The New York Times Best Sellers|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2020-11-22}}</ref>
Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Christian Science Monitor'', ''National Review'', and other newspapers and has contributed to BBC, Fox News and Forbes magazine items.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l7j5v|title=The Establishment "nightmare", Newsday – BBC World Service|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-06}}</ref>

He produces Tony, Olivier, and Drama Desk award-winning, theatre on Broadway, in the West End and globally. His work includes shows such as A Little Life, Cabaret, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dr Semmelweis, The King and I, A Christmas Carol, Patriots, Macbeth, Wizard of Oz, Constellations, Cyrano, Oklahoma, Hills of California, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Piano Lesson, Leopoldstadt, The Merchant of Venice, and Sunset Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |title=News on Mallory Factor |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Mallory-Factor/ |website=www.broadwayworld.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
'''Mallory Factor''' (born 1950) is an American professor and author. He is a [[FOX News Channel]] contributor.<ref name="Mallory Factor Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/#s=e-g |title=Mallory Factor Biography |publisher=FoxNews.com |date=2013-10-29}}</ref> He is the bestselling author of ''Shadowbosses'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Mallory-Factor/e/B0096RUZF8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 |title=Mallory Factor |publisher=Amazon |date=2013-07-29}}</ref> and the author of the book ''Big Tent''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Big_Tent.html?id=KSRynQEACAAJ |title=Big Tent |publisher=Google.com |date=2013-07-29}}</ref> He is also president of Mallory Factor, Inc., an independent [[merchant bank]] and financial relations consultancy that he founded in 1976.
Factor grew up in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].<ref name="wed">{{Cite news| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/03/style/weddings-elizabeth-weir-mallory-factor.html|title= WEDDINGS; Elizabeth Weir, Mallory Factor|work=[[The New York Times]] |date = September 3, 2000}}</ref> He graduated from [[Wesleyan University]] in [[Middletown, Connecticut]], and attended Columbia Law School <ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/mallory-factor|title=Department of Pharmacology:Mallory Factor|website=pharm.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2020-11-22}}</ref> and Business School in New York, New York.<ref name="wed" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:Mallory Factor by Gage Skidmore.jpg|left|thumb|Factor speaking at an event in Chantilly, Virginia.]]


In 2015, Factor founded IntraBio Inc, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes novel treatments for rare and common neurodegenerative diseases. In September 2017, the company announced its plans for a multi-national pivotal trial for [[acetylleucine]] for the treatment of [[Niemann–Pick disease|Niemann–Pick]] type C, [[Tay–Sachs disease]], and [[cerebellar ataxia]] subtypes.<ref>{{cite web|title=IntraBio Clinical Programs – IB1000 – Intrabio|url=http://intrabio.com/intrabio-clinical-programs-ib1000/|website=intrabio.com|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> In 2020, IntraBio announced the successful multinational clinical trial results of the Niemann-Pick type C clinical trial.<ref>{{cite web|title=IntraBio Reports Further Detail on Positive Data from IB1001 Multinational Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C|url=http://intrabio.com/2020/10/19/intrabio-reports-further-detail-on-positive-data-from-ib1001-multinational-clinical-trial-for-the-treatment-of-niemann-pick-disease-type-c/|website=intrabio.com|date=19 October 2020|access-date=2021-08-05}}</ref> In 2021, IntraBio announced the successful multinational clinical trial results of the GM2 Gangliosidosis clinical trial.<ref>{{cite web |title=IntraBio Reports Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvements in the Use of IB1001 For Treatment of GM2 Gangliosidosis |url=https://www.inpda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IntraBio-Reports-Positive-Data-from-IB1001-Multinational-Clinical-Trial-for-the-Treatment-of-GM2-Gangliosidosis.pdf |website=International Niemann–Pick Disease Alliance}}</ref>
Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://externalaffairs.citadel.edu/Factor_named_West_Chair |title=Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel |publisher=The Citadel |date=2011-05-27|accessdate=2011-06-13}}</ref> He is the Senior Visiting Mellon Fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/subject-groups/american-history|title=Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |publisher=University of Cambridge|date=2013-12-10|accessdate=2014-02-26}}</ref> He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Mallory-Factor/e/B0096RUZF8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1395087043&sr=8-1|title=Mallory Factor Amazon Author Page |publisher=Amazon|date=2014-02-12|accessdate=2014-03-17}}</ref> He held adjunct professorships at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at [[New York University]] from 1992 to 1996, and at the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions at the [[New School for Social Research]] from 1985 to 1992.


In June of 2023, IntraBio announced positive results from the pivotal, Phase III IB1001-301 multinational, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial. On September 24, 2024 the US FDA approved AQNEURSA™️ (levacetylleucine) for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) in adults and pediatric patients weighing ≥15 kg.<ref>{{cite web |title=US FDA approves IntraBio's drug for rare genetic disease |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-intrabios-drug-rare-genetic-disease-2024-09-24/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>
Factor joined the FOX News Channel in 2013 and currently serves as a contributor.<ref name="Mallory Factor Biography"/>


Factor was the John C. West Professor (Emeritus) of International Politics and American Government at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://externalaffairs.citadel.edu/Factor_named_West_Chair |title=Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel |publisher=The Citadel |date=2011-05-27|access-date=2011-06-13}}</ref> He held adjunct professorships at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at [[New York University]] from 1992 to 1996, and at the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions at the [[New School for Social Research]] from 1985 to 1992.
Factor is the host and co-founder of The New York Meeting <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewyorkmeeting.com/about-the-ny-meeting.html |title=About The New York Meeting |publisher=www.thenewyorkmeeting.com |date=2013-10-14 |accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref> and the host of The Charleston Meeting, both nationally-recognized gatherings of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and authors in New York City and Charleston, SC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/politics/a-senator-lays-out-his-positions-on-the-military-very-carefully.html?ref=jimrutenberg&_r=1& |title=A Senator Lays Out His Positions on the Military Very Carefully |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2013-11-12 |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malloryfactor.com/biography-shadowbosses-author/ |title=Biography of Shadowboss author Mallory Factor |publisher=Mallory Factor |date=2013-07-29}}</ref> He was previously the co-founder and co-chair of The Monday Meeting (with James E. Higgins).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/node/48776 |title=The Monday Meeting, A Right-Wing Cabal Ready to Convert N.Y. &#124; The New York Observer |publisher=Observer.com |date=2004-02-08 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> Previously, he served as chairman of the [[Free Enterprise Fund]], a free market “do” tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/todays-front-group-free-e_b_29779.html |title=Dave Johnson: Today's Front Group: Free Enterprise Fund |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2006-09-19 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref>


He was chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund from 2002 to 2006 and vice-chairman of Governor's Island Preservation and Education Corporation from 2006 to 2007. Factor was a member of the Banking Board of the [[New York State Banking Department]] from 2001 to 2007. From 1987 to 1988, he was a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council for the [[Federal Home Loan Bank]]. He has been an underwriting member of [[Lloyd's of London]] since 1987.<ref name="americantheatrewing.org">{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/mallory_factor |title=Biography Mallory Factor |publisher=American Theatre Wing |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref>
He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and recently served as Vice-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/org/505/000042379/ |title=Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Nndb.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/world/reach-war-council-foreign-relations-nonpolitical-study-terror-caught-up-politics.html |title=THE REACH OF WAR: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; Nonpolitical Study of Terror Is Caught Up in Politics - New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2004-06-12 |accessdate=2011-01-21 |first1=Timothy L. |last1=O'Brien |first2=David D. |last2=Kirkpatrick}}</ref> He has frequently testified in front of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate]] on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mallory Factor |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/7108/testimony_by_mallory_factor_concerning_the_second_report_of_an_independent_task_force_on_terrorist_financing_sponsored_by_the_council_on_foreign_relations.html?id=7108 |title=Testimony By Mallory Factor Concerning the Second Report of an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations - Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Cfr.org |date=2004-06-15 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> Mr. Factor chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and led the 2009 Economic Summit for the U.S. House Republican Conference and Policy Committee in [[Washington, D.C.]]


In addition to his books, Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443324404577591291764710060|title=Mallory Factor: How Public Unions Exploit the Ruse of 'Official Time'|first=Mallory|last=Factor|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=1 October 2012|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=mallory%20factor |title=Search Wall Street Journal Online |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0723/efund.html |title=The business-arts partnership: a two-way street / The Christian Science Monitor |publisher=CSMonitor.com |date=1987-07-23 |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref> ''[[National Review]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Search Nro |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/search/?q=mallory+factor&sa=Search+NRO&cx=partner-pub-7596656896688386%3Aktx6rmwscfs&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1#986 |title=Search National Review Online |date = 15 November 2006|publisher=Nationalreview.com |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref> and newspapers nationwide and was previously also a [[Fox News]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Factor |first=Mallory |url=http://www.foxnews.com/contributor/mallory-factor/index.html |title=Opinion Commentary from Mallory Factor |publisher=FoxNews.com |date=2010-04-07 |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref> and ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.forbes.com/search/find?tab=searchtabgeneraldark&MT=mallory+factor |title=Forbes.com ForbesFinder |publisher=Search.forbes.com |access-date=2011-01-21}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> contributor.
He was Chairman of the [[New York Public Asset Fund]] from 2002 to 2006 and Vice-Chairman of [[Governor’s Island Preservation and Education Corporation]] from 2006 to 2007. Factor was a member of the Banking Board of the [[New York State Banking Department]] from 2001 to 2007. From 1987 to 1988, he was a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council for the [[Federal Home Loan Bank]]. He has been an underwriting member of [[Lloyd's of London]] since 1987.<ref name="americantheatrewing.org">{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/mallory_factor |title=Biography - Mallory Factor |publisher=American Theatre Wing |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref>


He was president of Mallory Factor, Inc., an independent [[merchant bank]] and financial relations consultancy that he founded in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/public-relations-counselor/mallory-factor-inc-0121-46364 |title=Better Business Bureau: Mallory Factor Inc.|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> Factor's first job after graduating was serving as a supervisor of management consulting services at [[Coopers & Lybrand]].
Factor is an active member of a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards. He has also been involved in [[Broadway theater]] for many years in a volunteer capacity. He has served on the [[Tony Awards]] Administration Committee since 2003, served on the Tony Awards Management Committee from 1999 to 2003, and served as a Tony Awards nominator from 1996 to 1999.<ref name="americantheatrewing.org"/> He also served as a member of the US Air Force, Air Mobility Command Civic Leader Group. Factor has served as a Senior Fellow for the US House of Representatives Republican Policy Committee from 2007 to 2011.


=== Civic service ===
In addition to his books, Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443324404577591291764710060.html |title=How Public Unions Exploit the Ruse of Official Time |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=2012-10-1 |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=mallory%20factor |title=Search - Wall Street Journal Online |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0723/efund.html |title=The business-arts partnership: a two-way street / The Christian Science Monitor |publisher=CSMonitor.com |date=1987-07-23 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> ''[[National Review]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Search Nro |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/search/?q=mallory+factor&sa=Search+NRO&cx=partner-pub-7596656896688386%3Aktx6rmwscfs&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1#986 |title=Search - National Review Online |publisher=Nationalreview.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> and newspapers nationwide and is also a [[Fox News]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Factor |first=Mallory |url=http://www.foxnews.com/contributor/mallory-factor/index.html |title=Opinion - Commentary from Mallory Factor |publisher=FoxNews.com |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> and ''[[Forbes Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.forbes.com/search/find?tab=searchtabgeneraldark&MT=mallory+factor |title=Forbes.com - ForbesFinder |publisher=Search.forbes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> contributor.
Factor was co-founder and host of The New York Meeting <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewyorkmeeting.com/about-the-ny-meeting.html |title=About The New York Meeting |publisher=www.thenewyorkmeeting.com |date=2013-10-14 |access-date=2013-11-11}}</ref> and the host of The Charleston Meeting, gatherings of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and authors in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/politics/a-senator-lays-out-his-positions-on-the-military-very-carefully.html?ref=jimrutenberg&_r=1& |title=A Senator Lays Out His Positions on the Military Very Carefully |work=Nytimes.com |date=2013-11-12 |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malloryfactor.com/biography-shadowbosses-author/ |title=Biography of Shadowboss author Mallory Factor |publisher=Mallory Factor |date=2013-07-29}}</ref> He was co-founder and co-chair of The Monday Meeting (with James E. Higgins).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/node/48776 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008004618/http://www.observer.com/node/48776 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-08 |title=The Monday Meeting, A Right-Wing Cabal Ready to Convert N.Y. &#124; The New York Observer |publisher=Observer.com |date=2004-02-08 |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref>


He co-founded<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/politics/08club.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=David D. | last=Kirkpatrick | title=Leadership Dispute Causes a Split in a Powerhouse of Fund-Raising for Conservative Causes | date=2005-07-08}}</ref> and was the chairman of the [[Free Enterprise Fund]], a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/todays-front-group-free-e_b_29779.html |title=Dave Johnson: Today's Front Group: Free Enterprise Fund |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2006-09-19 |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref>
==Personal life==

Factor resides in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/mallory-factor-decamps-new-york-surprising-many/37932/ |title=Mallory Factor Decamps New York, Surprising Many - August 15, 2006 - The New York Sun |publisher=Nysun.com |date=2006-08-15 |accessdate=2011-01-21}}</ref> with his second wife, Elizabeth (formerly known as Karen Elizabeth Weir),<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/03/style/weddings-elizabeth-weir-mallory-factor.html</ref> and their five children.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/307/000213665/</ref> Previously he was married to Fran Precario, with whom he had two children, including India Factor of Columbus, Ohio.<ref>http://www.nbc4i.com/story/23939081/police-arrest-female-suspect-in-armed-robbery</ref><ref>http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/11/11/woman-taken-into-custody-after-cvs-robbery.html</ref>
He is a life member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and was vice-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/org/505/000042379/ |title=Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Nndb.com |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/world/reach-war-council-foreign-relations-nonpolitical-study-terror-caught-up-politics.html |title=THE REACH OF WAR: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; Nonpolitical Study of Terror Is Caught Up in Politics New York Times |work=Nytimes.com |date=2004-06-12 |access-date=2011-01-21 |first1=Timothy L. |last1=O'Brien |first2=David D. |last2=Kirkpatrick}}</ref> He has testified in front of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate]] on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mallory Factor |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/7108/testimony_by_mallory_factor_concerning_the_second_report_of_an_independent_task_force_on_terrorist_financing_sponsored_by_the_council_on_foreign_relations.html?id=7108 |title=Testimony By Mallory Factor Concerning the Second Report of an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Cfr.org |date=2004-06-15 |access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref> Factor chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and led the 2009 Economic Summit for the U.S. House Republican Conference and Policy Committee in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/news/?NR=8386|title=Business Leader and Author Mallory Factor visits LI Yesterday |publisher=Leadership Institute |date=2012-08-02 |access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref>

He is a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders]]. Factor has been a Senior Advisor in the UK House of Lords since 2014.


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://malloryfactor.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/#s=e-g |title=Mallory Factor Biography |work=[[Fox News Channel]] |date=2013-10-29|accessdate=2013-11-14}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/#s=e-g |title=Mallory Factor Biography |work=[[Fox News Channel]] |date=2013-10-29 |access-date=2013-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113071948/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/mallory-factor/bio/ |archive-date=November 13, 2013 }}
* {{cite web |title=The ATM for Bush's America |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/features/12265/ |work=[[New York Magazine]] |publisher=New York Media |date=17 July 2005 |authorlink=Ryan Lizza |last=Lizza |first=Ryan }}
* {{cite web |title=The ATM for Bush's America |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/features/12265/ |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |publisher=New York Media |date=17 July 2005 |author-link=Ryan Lizza |last=Lizza |first=Ryan }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/free-enterprise-fund-not-surprised-will-appeal-sarbox-ruling/?cs=22441 |title=Free Enterprise Not Surprised, Will Appeal Sarbox Ruling |publisher=[[QuinStreet]] |work=IT Business Edge |last=Bentley |first=Lora }}{{Verify credibility|date=November 2012}} – Factor interview
* {{cite web |url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/features/interviews/blog/free-enterprise-fund-not-surprised-will-appeal-sarbox-ruling/?cs=22441 |title=Free Enterprise Not Surprised, Will Appeal Sarbox Ruling |publisher=[[QuinStreet]] |work=IT Business Edge |last=Bentley |first=Lora }}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2012}} – Factor interview
* {{cite web |title=Mallory Factor Author Page web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Mallory-Factor/e/B0096RUZF8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 |publisher=Amazon |date=29 July 2013}}
* {{cite web |title=Mallory Factor Author Page web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Mallory-Factor/e/B0096RUZF8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 |publisher=Amazon |date=29 July 2013}}
* {{cite web |title=The Conservative Intellectual Tradition in America web |url=http://www.citadel.edu/root/conservative |publisher=The Citadel |date=5 May 2012}}
* {{cite web |title=The Conservative Intellectual Tradition in America web |url=http://www.citadel.edu/root/conservative |publisher=The Citadel |date=5 May 2012}}
* https://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/mallory-factor
* https://intrabio.com/our-management/


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Mallory Factor
Professor at Monster's University
Born (1950-07-16) July 16, 1950 (age 74)[1]
Alma materWesleyan University (B.A., 1972)
Occupation(s)Chairman of IntraBio Inc, former professor at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, formerly a banker and public relations specialist
Known forPharmaceutical entrepreneur; Academic; Republican
SpouseElizabeth Weir
Children7
Websitemalloryfactor.com

Mallory Factor, KCNG[2][3] (born July 16, 1950) is an American pharmaceutical executive, professor, author, and media contributor.[4] Factor is the founder and executive chairman[5] of IntraBio Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Austin, Texas[6] which developed levacetylleucine, commercially known as AQNEURSA, for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.[7]

Factor is visiting senior fellow in entrepreneurship at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, U.K.[8][9] He was the John C. West Professor (Emeritus) of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.[10]

With his wife Elizabeth Weir, he is co-author of Shadowbosses (2012) and Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution (2014), which were both New York Times bestsellers.[11][12] Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review, and other newspapers and has contributed to BBC, Fox News and Forbes magazine items.[13]

He produces Tony, Olivier, and Drama Desk award-winning, theatre on Broadway, in the West End and globally. His work includes shows such as A Little Life, Cabaret, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dr Semmelweis, The King and I, A Christmas Carol, Patriots, Macbeth, Wizard of Oz, Constellations, Cyrano, Oklahoma, Hills of California, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Piano Lesson, Leopoldstadt, The Merchant of Venice, and Sunset Boulevard.[14]

Early life and education

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Factor grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[15] He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and attended Columbia Law School [16] and Business School in New York, New York.[15]

Career

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Factor speaking at an event in Chantilly, Virginia.

In 2015, Factor founded IntraBio Inc, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes novel treatments for rare and common neurodegenerative diseases. In September 2017, the company announced its plans for a multi-national pivotal trial for acetylleucine for the treatment of Niemann–Pick type C, Tay–Sachs disease, and cerebellar ataxia subtypes.[17] In 2020, IntraBio announced the successful multinational clinical trial results of the Niemann-Pick type C clinical trial.[18] In 2021, IntraBio announced the successful multinational clinical trial results of the GM2 Gangliosidosis clinical trial.[19]

In June of 2023, IntraBio announced positive results from the pivotal, Phase III IB1001-301 multinational, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial. On September 24, 2024 the US FDA approved AQNEURSA™️ (levacetylleucine) for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) in adults and pediatric patients weighing ≥15 kg.[20]

Factor was the John C. West Professor (Emeritus) of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.[21] He held adjunct professorships at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University from 1992 to 1996, and at the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions at the New School for Social Research from 1985 to 1992.

He was chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund from 2002 to 2006 and vice-chairman of Governor's Island Preservation and Education Corporation from 2006 to 2007. Factor was a member of the Banking Board of the New York State Banking Department from 2001 to 2007. From 1987 to 1988, he was a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council for the Federal Home Loan Bank. He has been an underwriting member of Lloyd's of London since 1987.[22]

In addition to his books, Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal,[23][24] Christian Science Monitor,[25] National Review[26] and newspapers nationwide and was previously also a Fox News[27] and Forbes magazine[28] contributor.

He was president of Mallory Factor, Inc., an independent merchant bank and financial relations consultancy that he founded in 1976.[29] Factor's first job after graduating was serving as a supervisor of management consulting services at Coopers & Lybrand.

Civic service

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Factor was co-founder and host of The New York Meeting [30] and the host of The Charleston Meeting, gatherings of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and authors in New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.[31][32] He was co-founder and co-chair of The Monday Meeting (with James E. Higgins).[33]

He co-founded[34] and was the chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government.[35]

He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was vice-chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing.[36][37] He has testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.[38] Factor chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and led the 2009 Economic Summit for the U.S. House Republican Conference and Policy Committee in Washington, D.C.[39]

He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders. Factor has been a Senior Advisor in the UK House of Lords since 2014.

References

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  1. ^ O'Dwyer's Directory of Public Relations Executives, Jack O'Dwyer, 1997
  2. ^ "Mallory Factor".
  3. ^ Emily, DeVoe. "Citadel Professor named a Knight Commander of the British Commonwealth – The Citadel – Charleston, SC". www.citadel.edu. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Mallory Factor Biography". FoxNews.com. 2013-10-29. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "OUR MANAGEMENT". intrabio.com. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  6. ^ Randle, Michael (1 April 2024). "UK biopharma company IntraBio moves HQ to Austin, raises $40M". Southern Business & Development.
  7. ^ Kansteiner, Fraiser (30 September 2024). "IntraBio hits the ground running with new rare disease launch". www.fiercepharma.com.
  8. ^ "VISITING SENIOR FELLOW IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP". www.pharm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  9. ^ "Part-time Project and Events Manager, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | scholarshipdb.net". scholarshipdb.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  10. ^ "Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel – The Citadel – Charleston, SC". www.citadel.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  11. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Sept. 9, 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  12. ^ "The New York Times Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  13. ^ "The Establishment "nightmare", Newsday – BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  14. ^ "News on Mallory Factor". www.broadwayworld.com.
  15. ^ a b "WEDDINGS; Elizabeth Weir, Mallory Factor". The New York Times. September 3, 2000.
  16. ^ "Department of Pharmacology:Mallory Factor". pharm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  17. ^ "IntraBio Clinical Programs – IB1000 – Intrabio". intrabio.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  18. ^ "IntraBio Reports Further Detail on Positive Data from IB1001 Multinational Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Niemann-Pick disease Type C". intrabio.com. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  19. ^ "IntraBio Reports Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvements in the Use of IB1001 For Treatment of GM2 Gangliosidosis" (PDF). International Niemann–Pick Disease Alliance.
  20. ^ "US FDA approves IntraBio's drug for rare genetic disease". Reuters.
  21. ^ "Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel". The Citadel. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  22. ^ "Biography – Mallory Factor". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  23. ^ Factor, Mallory (1 October 2012). "Mallory Factor: How Public Unions Exploit the Ruse of 'Official Time'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  24. ^ "Search – Wall Street Journal Online". The Wall Street Journal.
  25. ^ "The business-arts partnership: a two-way street / The Christian Science Monitor". CSMonitor.com. 1987-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  26. ^ Search Nro (15 November 2006). "Search – National Review Online". Nationalreview.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  27. ^ Factor, Mallory (2010-04-07). "Opinion – Commentary from Mallory Factor". FoxNews.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  28. ^ "Forbes.com – ForbesFinder". Search.forbes.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.[dead link]
  29. ^ "Better Business Bureau: Mallory Factor Inc". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  30. ^ "About The New York Meeting". www.thenewyorkmeeting.com. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  31. ^ Rutenberg, Jim (2013-11-12). "A Senator Lays Out His Positions on the Military Very Carefully". Nytimes.com.
  32. ^ "Biography of Shadowboss author Mallory Factor". Mallory Factor. 2013-07-29.
  33. ^ "The Monday Meeting, A Right-Wing Cabal Ready to Convert N.Y. | The New York Observer". Observer.com. 2004-02-08. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  34. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2005-07-08). "Leadership Dispute Causes a Split in a Powerhouse of Fund-Raising for Conservative Causes". The New York Times.
  35. ^ "Dave Johnson: Today's Front Group: Free Enterprise Fund". Huffingtonpost.com. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  36. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations". Nndb.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  37. ^ O'Brien, Timothy L.; Kirkpatrick, David D. (2004-06-12). "THE REACH OF WAR: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; Nonpolitical Study of Terror Is Caught Up in Politics – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  38. ^ Mallory Factor (2004-06-15). "Testimony By Mallory Factor Concerning the Second Report of an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations – Council on Foreign Relations". Cfr.org. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  39. ^ "Business Leader and Author Mallory Factor visits LI Yesterday". Leadership Institute. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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