Cho Young-sik
$994.5M
as of 05/08/23
About Cho Young-sik
Cho Young-sik is the founder of SD Biosensor, which is best-known for its rapid Covid-19 test called Standard Q.
SD Biosensor listed on the Korea Exchange in July 2021, raising some $680 million.
In late 2020, the Slovakian government bought 13 million Covid-19 tests from SD Biosensor, enough to test its entire population twice over.
Before the pandemic, SD Biosensor made most of its money from blood glucose monitoring devices.
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South KoreaSource of wealth
diagnosticsResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
06/30/61 (age 63)Number of children
2Education
Doctorate, Seoul National UniversitySelf-made
self-madeCho Young-sik’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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