George Yancopoulos
Yorktown Heights, New York
Ph.D, Columbia University | Medical Doctor, Columbia University
United States
pharmaceuticals, Self Made
$1,200,000,000
1818
#1818 Billionaires 2019
George Yancopoulos is the chief scientific officer of biotech firm Regeneron. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Columbia University and became a professor of biology by age 28. Regeneron was cofounded by now-billionaire Leonard Schleifer in 1988. Yancopoulos joined the next year.Yancopoulos led the invention of seven approved drugs and a technology platform designed to invent more.
Yancopoulos was the first pharmaceutical research chief to become a billionaire.Yancopoulos was a finalist in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search in 1976. Today, its called the Regeneron Science Talent Search and is sponsored by his company.
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