Robert Langer

Robert Langer is one of the richest scientists in the world. Mr. Langer runs the Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is a professor and scientist.

Langer is a founder shareholder in Moderna, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company. He owns 3% of the company and has never sold any of his shares.

He also owns shares in SQZ Biotechnologies and Frequency Therapeutics, both of which were founded by postdocs from his laboratory.

Langer is also the most cited engineer in history, with over 320,000 citations and over 1,500 articles published.

He also possesses over 1,400 patents, which have been licensed over 400 times to biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Estimated Net Worth: $4.9 Billion