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Uğur Şahin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ugur Sahin serves as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BioNTech. A Turkish-German biotech founder-CEO turning immunotherapy science into global medical infrastructure.
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Snapshot as of 15 July 2026
- Primary market
- Turkey / Germany
- Field
- Oncology platforms and next-generation mRNA
- Organisation
- BioNTech
- Region
- West Asia / Europe
Overview
Professional record
A Turkish-German biotech founder-CEO turning immunotherapy science into global medical infrastructure. His contribution was sustaining the ambition of platform medicine beyond emergency vaccine demand and toward long-term therapeutic applications. His influence reaches researchers, patients, regulators, investors and governments seeking the next generation of biomedical innovation.
FigureAsia Record
Selected recognition
2026
Top Healthcare Leaders 2026
No. 4
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2026
Top 100 CEOs 2026
No. 45
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2026
Top 100 Business Leaders 2026
No. 47
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2025
Asia's Top CEOs 100 2025
No. 46
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2025
Asia's Top Founders 100 2025
No. 79
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2025
Asia's Future 100 2025
No. 88
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2023
Asia's Scientists 100 2023
No. 36
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2022
Asia's Scientists 100 2022
No. 18
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2021
Asia's Scientists 100 2021
No. 1
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2021
Asia's Top Healthcare Leaders 2021
No. 2
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2021
Asia's Most Influential Leaders 2021
No. 46
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2020
FigureAsia 2020 Scientists 100
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