Nine new billionaires have appeared in the world since the start of vaccination
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The heads of Moderna and BioNTech earned the most, the nine billionaires have a combined net worth of $19.3 billion. According to activists,this would be enough to vaccinate the population of low-income countries Moderna MRNA$162.13 -2,45% Buy Ugur SahinUgur ShahinUgur Shahin
Since the beginning of the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, at least nine people have become DOLLAR billionaires due to the growth in the profits of pharmaceutical companies that produce covid-19 vaccines . This is reported by Oxfam with reference to the data of the People's Vaccine Alliance (it includes international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, and organizations involved in the healthcare sector).
The list was headed by the CEO of the American company Moderna Stefan Bansel, his fortune was estimated by the alliance at $4.3 billion. In second place is the co-founder and HEAD of the German BioNTech Ugur Sahin ($4 billion). Also included in the list of new billionaires:
immunologist and Moderna investor Timothy Springer ($2.2 billion); Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan ($1.9 billion); Juan López-Belmonte, chairman of ROVI, which makes packaging for the Moderna vaccine, ($1.8 billion); Moderna scientist and investor Robert Langer ($1.6 billion); Zhu Tao, co-founder and chief scientist of Chinese pharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics ($1.3 billion); CanSino Biologics co-founder and senior vice president Qiu Dongsu ($1.2 billion); co-founder and senior vice president of CanSino Biologics Mao Huaihua ($1 billion).The alliance estimates that their combined wealth is $19.3 billion. Activists say that this amount would be enough to vaccinate about 780 million people in low-income countries, CNN reports. However, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance, these countries received only 0.2% of the world's vaccines due to shortages of drugs and resources.
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