But Amyris Biotechnologies, which is also based in California, in Emeryville, and which also started by dabbling in drugs (in its case an antimalarial medicine called artemisinin), is slightly more forthcoming.
His soon-to-be-ex California home town of Kentfield is about thirty minutes from Pixar Studios, located in Emeryville, CA., and about forty five minutes-to-an-hour from tech hub San Francisco.