Stéphane Bancel
Stéphane Bancel (businessman) | |
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Born | July 20, 1972 Marseille, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Paris-Saclay University, University of Minnesota, Harvard Business School |
Spouse | Brenda Bancel |
Member of | Moderna, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2009 |
French CEO of Moderna who struck it rich with its first product allowed on the market, a COVID-19 vaccine |
Stéphane Bancel (born July 20, 1972) is a French billionaire businessman. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and a 9% owner of Moderna, an American biotechnology company favored by the deep state for its COVID-19 vaccine.
He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009.
- Full article: Moderna
- Full article: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
- Full article: Moderna
Early life
Bancel was born in Marseille, France and earned master's degrees in engineering from CentraleSupélec of Paris-Saclay University (former École Centrale Paris) and the University of Minnesota.[1] He went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.[2]
Career
Bancel was a sales director at Eli Lilly and Company, eventually becoming head of operations for Belgium.[2] In 2007, he became CEO of French diagnostics company BioMérieux.[2]
In 2011, Bancel joined Moderna, becoming CEO. Stat reported that Bancel led a highly secretive culture with little outside review of its science or research.[2]
Personal life
Bancel has two children.[3] In April 2020, thanks to the Moderna share price rising on news of imminent phase 2 human trials for its potential COVID-19 vaccine, Bancel's stake of about 9% became worth over $1 billion.[1] In August 2021 his fortune was estimated a $12.5 billion[4]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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WEF/Annual Meeting/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership." |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |
References
- ↑ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20200403145433/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/04/03/moderna-ceo-stphane-bancel-becomes-a-billionaire-as-stock-jumps-on-coronavirus-vaccine-news/#1ff51f865bf3
- ↑ a b c d https://web.archive.org/web/20201116154313/https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/13/moderna-therapeutics-biotech-mrna/
- ↑ https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=3170
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/stephane-bancel/?sh=6aac8d543742
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