Meet the billionaire scientist couple who invented Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, the value of their company BioNTech soared to $21 billion in the wake of the vaccine news. As such Prof. Sahin and Dr. Tureci are now among the 100 richest Germans. The two billionaires live with their teenage daughter in a modest apartment near their office. Each morning, they pedal to work in Mainz. They do not own a car.