Meet The 50 Doctors, Scientists And Healthcare Entrepreneurs Who Became Pandemic Billionaires In 2020

Forbes ^ | December 23, 2020 | Giacomo Tognini

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early a year after the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, the world could be nearing the beginning of the end of a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people. Vaccination for Covid-19 is underway in the United States and the United Kingdom, and promising antibody treatments could help doctors fight back against the disease more effectively. Tied to those breakthroughs: a host of new billionaires who have emerged in 2020, their fortunes propelled by a stock market surge as investors flocked to companies involved in the development of vaccines, treatments, medical devices and everything in between.

Altogether, Forbes found 50 new billionaires in the healthcare sector in 2020. The most notable newcomers of the year are the scientists behind the two most successful vaccines for the coronavirus — one developed by Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech, the other by Massachusetts-based Moderna — who have seen their net worths skyrocket since January: Uğur Şahin and Stéphane Bancel.

[Towed_Jumper]

I note that 34 of the world's 50 newest billionaires are Chinese (includes those in HK and outside of China). It appears ChiCom billionaire Wee Phuck U is well on his way to becoming the world's richest proletariat. /s

[Chewbarkah]

Thank goodness there’s no incentive for biologists to develop and unleash deadly organisms on the world...

[glimmerman70]

Isn’t that something. A virus comes from there and produces 30 something billionaires. Wonder how much it cost china in the tariffs Trump put on there goods this year.

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[FamiliarFace]

Wow, passing this along. Thank you.

[I want the USA back]

Yeah, and when does Fauci’s book come out?

[jimmygrace]

Ex-waiters and busbuys are impressed...