Medicis makes the acne therapy Solodyn and wrinkle fighter Dysport. The company reported $700 million in 2010 revenue.
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Shacknai's home is one of the most famous residences in Coronado, an island city about five miles west of downtown San Diego. The 27-room mansion was built in 1908 as a beach home for John D. Spreckels, who owned the nearby Hotel del Coronado and is credited with much of San Diego and Coronado's real estate and transportation development in the late 1800s and first two decades of the 1900s, according to the San Diego History Center's website.
Before Medicis, Shacknai worked as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives, drafting legislation on health care, science policy, the environment and consumer protection, and then served as senior partner in the Washington law firm Royer, Shacknai, and Mehle, according to the company's website.
Shacknai graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, with a bachelor's degree and gained his law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, according to Bloomberg data.