Ugur Sahin Biography: 10 Facts On CEO of BioNTech SE

Ugur Sahin is a well-known businessman from Germany. In addition to this, he is a physician and oncologist. 

Ugur is an entrepreneur as well as a researcher. His research mainly includes immunology and cancer research. Apart from this, he has been working as a professor of oncology at the III Medical Clinic at the University of Mainz. 

Sahin is the co-founder of the company named BioNTech SE. In fact, he is the Chief Executive Officer of BioNTech. He is one of the leading developers of the Covid-19 Vaccines. 

10 Facts On Ugur Sahin 

1. Ugur Sahin has Turkish nationality. He was born in Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey. However, he moved to Germany at the age of four and currently resides in Germany. 
2. The CEO of BioNTech Ugur Sahin is a married man and has a wife. His wife’s name is Ozlem Tureci. They married in the year 2002. Ozlem, like her husband, is also a businessperson, immunologist, and physician. 
3. Talking about his net worth, Ugur Sahin has an estimated net worth of about $4.2 billion as of 2020. He was listed in the 656th position on the richest people list by Forbes.
4. Sahin started the BioNTech SE company in the year 2008 and immediately worked as the CEO. He co-founded the company along with his wife and twin brothers Andreas and Thomas Struengmann. 
5. Coming to his family, he has a daughter. However, the name and details of his daughter are not known. 
6. Ugur attended Erich-Kastner-Gymnasium. He then joined Saarland University and also attended the University of Cologne. 
7. Sahin started his career as a physician for hematology and internal medicine in the year 1991. 
8. Ugur became the junior head researcher at the University Medical Center Mainz in the year 2000. 
9. Sahin along with his wife is counted among the 100 wealthiest people of German. 
10. Ugur and his wife became one of the developers of the vaccine for the Covid-19.