The pandemic has helped turn dozens of healthcare leaders into billionaires
According to Forbes, 50 doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs earned billionaire status this year with the majority being from China
Of the 50 new billionaires, 28 hail from China, where virus first emerged in 2019
One notable new billionaires is Uğur Şahin, the physician who co-founded BioNTech, which helped develop the Pfizer vaccine
Another notable new billionaire is Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna
The COVID-19 pandemic has helped 50 healthcare leaders become billionaires, with 28 hailing from China, where the virus first emerged in December 2019, according to Forbes.
The first case of the coronavirus was reported in Wuhan last year before quickly spreading across the world and killing more than 1.7 million people. In the US alone, there are more than 19 million confirmed infections and at least 332,723 Americans have died.