Timothy Springer thought his fortune was excessive, even before he became a billionaire. “I’ve had more than enough wealth for myself for some time," Springer said in a 2018 interview. “I don’t feel I need more." The Harvard University medical professor’s riches are much bigger now, thanks to his stake in Moderna Inc., the US biotechnology firm attempting to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
Shares in the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company surged 152% this year through Wednesday, boosting Springer’s net worth to more than $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Springer, 72, is among those who have benefited financially from a pandemic that ground the global economy to a halt and destroyed more than 20