The crown jewel of Georgetown, Evermay, recently sold for $22M but there was no word on who the buyers were until now. Reports indicate that a couple originally from Japan, Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Dr. Ryuji Ueno, are the new owners and even though they have been in DC for a number of years they are a particularly private family. But that hasn't stopped them from being uber-accomplished in the biomedical field. Together they founded a pharmaceutical company called Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, a company that holds over 650 patents worldwide for some awfully scientific work with fatty acids, including the first bioactive lipid used to treat glaucoma.
Below is a photo of the couple presenting an award from the American Physiological Society in 2010.
For a little more info on the couple, check out the New York Social Diary post, and for a tour of the house check out the video below.
· Washington Social Diary [NYSD]
· Video Tour Evermay [Youtube]
· Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Dr. Ryuji Ueno Bios [Sucampo Pharmaceuticals]
· Prior Evermay Coverage [Curbed Networks]
Calls to representatives for the buyer were not returned.
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