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Ning Zhao

United States 59 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Healthcare
Residence
Education
Columbia University (Doctorate)
Peking University (Bachelor of Science)

Assets

  • Wuxi Apptec
    84,500,000 shares @ -
    -
    2359-HK
  • Wuxi Biologics (Cayman)
    11,300,000 shares @ -
    -
    2269-HK

Biography

Zhao Ning is a co-founder and director of WuXi Apptec, a pharmaceutical research company based in China.

She is also a board member at WuXi Biologics, which like Apptec is led by her billionaire husband Ge Li.

Zhao holds an undergraduate degree from Peking University; she has a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Zhao worked as a research and development supervisor at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacopeia and Bristol-Myers Squibb in the 1990s and 2000s.

The couple's Ge Li & Ning Zhao Family Foundation supports education, scientific research, and healthcare innovations; it donated $20 million to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cancer in 2021.