Seo Jung-jin, co-founder and chairman of Celltrion. Photo: Celltrion
Pfizer isn’t the only pharmaceutical company with a Covid-19 vaccine – South Korea’s Celltrion does too, but who’s the biotech billionaire behind it?
He started at Samsung and Daewoo Motors, but when Seo Jung-jin lost his job he turned to biosimilars, even borrowing money from loan sharks to fund his company – now he’s the second-richest man in South Korea
Seo Jung-jin, co-founder and chairman of Celltrion. Photo: Celltrion