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Uğur Şahin

Uğur Şahin in 2019
BornSeptember 29, 1965 (age 55) 6park.com
Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
CitizenshipGermanyAlma mater
University of CologneSaarland University
Occupation
Professor of OncologyChief Executive OfficerCompany Founder
Years active1991–presentEmployer
University of CologneSaarland UniversityUniversity Hospital ZurichUniversity Medical Center MainzBioNTech
Organization
German Society of ImmunologyAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
Known for
BioNTechBNT162b2 vaccine
Net worth$5.2 billion[1]OfficeCEO BioNTech SETerm2008–presentSpouse(s)Özlem TüreciAwards
Merit Award of the American Society of Clinical OncologyGeorges Köhler PrizeGerman Cancer Award
WebsiteProfile at BioNTech
Uğur Şahin (Turkish: [uːɾ ʃaː.hin]; born September 29, 1965) is a German physician, oncologist and entrepreneur of Turkish origin.[1][2] His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology.[3] He has been Professor of Experimental Oncology at the III Medical Clinic of the University of Mainz since 2006, and chairman of the board and CEOof BioNTech SE since 2008, a company that he co-founded with his wife, Özlem Türeci. Şahin is considered one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine developers.[4] He and his spouse are among the hundred wealthiest people in Germany.[5] As of 2020, Forbes estimated his net worth at $5.2 billion USD.[6] 6park.com
Contents

1Life2Education3Career3.1University Medical Center Mainz3.2Ganymed Pharmaceuticals3.3BioNTech4Memberships5Publications6Awards7See also8Further reading9Notes and references10External links
Life[edit]
Uğur Şahin was born on 29 September 1965 in İskenderun, Hatay. He moved with his mother from Turkey to Germany at the age of four to live with his father, who worked in Cologne's Ford factories.[7][8] Besides soccer, he was interested in popular science books, which he borrowed from the Catholic church library. He graduated from the Erich-Kästner-Gymnasium in Cologne-Niehl in 1984, the first Turkish guest worker child at the school. He took advanced courses in mathematics and chemistry.[9]
Şahin met his future wife, Özlem Türeci, during his work at the Saarland UniversityHospital in Homburg, where Türeci completed her last year of studies. The couple married in 2002; they have one daughter.[10] 6park.com