Noubar Afeyan: Moderna & Flagship Pioneering

Noubar Afeyan is the founder and CEO of life sciences innovation firm Flagship Pioneering. He’s also the chairman and co-founder of Moderna, known for its Covid-19 vaccine. He has helped start more than 70 public and private healthcare and life sciences companies over the course of his career.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Armenian parents, he and his family fled the Lebanese Civil War to move to Montreal in 1975. Prior to founding Flagship Pioneering, Noubar was the founder and CEO of PerSeptive Biosystems, a leader in bio-instrumentation that grew to $100 million in annual revenues. He has written numerous scientific publications and is the inventor of over 100 patents.

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