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Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan on how his immigrant roots have shaped his life
Noubar Afeyan co-founded Moderna under his biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering. The Armenian billionaire tells executive editor Sumiko Tan that innovation is a form of “intellectual immigration”.
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Dr Noubar Afeyan, 61, is the founder and chief executive of Flagship Pioneering, a biotech incubator that invents, builds and capitalises companies in life sciences, health and sustainability.
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From the time he was a baby till he was 20, Dr Noubar Afeyan shared a bedroom with his great-aunt Armenouhi, who was 70 years older. They were roommates in Lebanon where he was born, then in Canada, when the family migrated there.
Most children would not have been too pleased to be bunking with an elderly relative, but he did not mind.
