Stéphane Bancel

$2B

$25M (-1.2%)

as of 03/13/26

About Stéphane Bancel

Stephane Bancel is the CEO of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna, known for its Covid-19 vaccine.

He became CEO of Moderna in 2011 and owns a roughly 5.5% stake in the publicly traded company.

Before joining Moderna, Bancel was the CEO of French diagnostics company BioMerieux, founded by fellow French billionaire Alain Merieux.

Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine was granted full FDA approval in January 2022; it had previously received emergency-use authorization in December 2020.

Moderna was founded in 2010 and went public in December 2018; the company develops drugs and vaccines using messenger RNA.

Personal stats

Citizenship

France

Source of wealth

Biotech, vaccines

Residence

Boston, Massachusetts

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/20/72 (age 53)

Number of children

Education

Master of Science in Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Master of Science in Engineering, University of Minnesota

Self-made

self-made