Frederik Paulsen
$7.96B
as of 07/05/24
About Frederik Paulsen
Frederick Paulsen inherited small drugmaker Ferring Pharmaceuticals, founded by his father in 1950.
When he took over running the business in 1983, it generated $15 million in annual revenue.
Today the biotech outfit, which makes infertility, obstetrics, urology, gastroenterology and endocrinology drugs, has estimated sales of $2.2 billion.
Ferring employs more than 6,500 people and has subsidiaries in nearly 60 countries.
Board members include H?l?ne Ploix, former director of the IMF, and Alexandra, the Countess of Frederiksborg, a former Danish princess.
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SwedenSource of wealth
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Lausanne, SwitzerlandMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
10/30/50 (age 73)Number of children
3Self-made
inherited and growingFrederik Paulsen’s fortune is worth
133K
troy ounces of gold
122K
median U.S. household
80K
median U.S. income
0.159%
U.S. credit card volume
0.032%
GDP of the United States
0.023%
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Paulsen enjoys extreme adventure travel: he was the first person to cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia in an ultralight aircraft.
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