Robert Langer
$998.51M
as of 08/21/24
About Robert Langer
Robert Langer is a scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he leads the eponymous Langer Lab.
Langer was a founder of Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech firm Moderna; he owns a 3% stake in the company and has never sold a share.
He has also held stakes in SQZ Biotechnologies, Seer and Sigilon Therapeutics, which were founded by him and postdoc students from his lab.
Langer is estimated to be the most cited engineer in history, with more than 415,000 citations and more than 1,500 articles published.
He also holds more than 1,400 patents and patent applications, which have been licensed more than 400 times to biotech and pharma companies.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
BiotechResidence
Boston, MassachusettsMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/29/48 (age 76)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Cornell University; Doctorate, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySelf-made
self-madeRobert Langer’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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He has been dubbed the "Edison of Medicine" for his work in biomedical engineering.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | KRRO-US
Korro BioNASDAQ | LYRA-US
Lyra TherapeuticsNASDAQ | MRNA-US
Moderna, Inc.NASDAQ | SEER-US
SeerNASDAQ | SEER-US
SeerNASDAQ | SEER-US
SeerNASDAQ | SEER-US
SeerNASDAQ | SEER-US
SeerNASDAQ | SGTX-US
Sigilon TherapeuticsUS OTC | SQZB-US
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