Awards & Recognition
★2022 Genesis Prize Laureate ($1 million award)
★CEO of the Year by CNN Business (2021)
★America's top CEO in pharmaceuticals by Institutional Investor (2020)
★Great Immigrants Award by Carnegie Corporation (2021)
★Double Helix Medal (2022)
★Eisenhower Global Citizenship Award
★Anti-Defamation League Courage Against Hate Award
★American Association for Cancer Research Outstanding Achievement Award
★Inducted into Crain's New York Business Hall of Fame (2021)
★Appeal of Conscience Award (2021)
★Atlantic Council Distinguished Business Leadership Award (2021)
Notable Facts
→Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, one of world's largest pharmaceutical companies
→Led development of first COVID-19 vaccine in record time (8 months)
→Son of Holocaust survivors from Thessaloniki, Greece
→Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with PhD in Biotechnology
→Over 30 years at Pfizer, became CEO in January 2019
→Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 'Moonshot'
→Twitter following of 73,300
→Regular speaker at major global conferences
→Donated $1 million Genesis Prize to Holocaust museum in hometown