How CEO Martine Rothblatt Turns Moonshots Into Earthshots

From cofounding Sirius Satellite Radio to launching a biotech company to find a cure for her daughter's illness, Martine Rothblatt has had so much career success that any one of her accomplishments would be a crowning achievement for another entrepreneur. "I always try to convert a moonshot into an earthshot," Rothblatt told hundreds at the Forbes Women's Summit on Tuesday. As the CEO of United Therapeutics, which now sells five FDA-approved pills for pulmonary arterial hypertension, Rothblatt is constantly innovating. Her company has been experimenting with pig cloning and genetic modification to create organ transplants the body doesn't reject. She's also now figured out how to save the some 80% of donated lungs that end up unusable. On the side, Rothblatt is also working on the first electric helicopter and, as a transhumanist, Rothblatt experiments with robots.