Osman Kibar
Founder, CEO, Samumed
$1.71B
as of 03/11/24
About Osman Kibar
Osman Kibar is the founder and CEO of San Diego-based biotech firm Samumed.
Samumed raised $438 million in August 2018 to further its work developing drugs to reverse aging, claiming a valuation of $12.4 billion.
The names of investors in the round were not disclosed.
While getting a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, he founded two companies, but did not have a management role at either.
He then founded Samumed in 2008 in a Pfizer incubator, but had a falling out with the drug giant; Samumed now operates independent of Pfizer.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
BiotechResidence
La Jolla, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/01/71 (age 53)Number of children
4Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, California Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Pomona College; Master of Science, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D, University of California, San DiegoSelf-made
self-madeOsman Kibar’s fortune is worth
29K
troy ounces of gold
26K
median U.S. household
17K
median U.S. income
0.034%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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In 2006 Kibar won the first poker tournament he ever played in, and a year later came in second out of 3,000 players at a World Series of Poker tournament.
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