Rank #1026
Roger Samuelsson
Net worth $4.1B
Drug delivery devices · Sweden
- Born
- Dec 10, 1963
- Age
- 62
- Source
- Drug delivery devices
- Residence
- Oberägeri
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Roger Samuelsson is a Swedish entrepreneur who owns 68% of Switzerland-based SHL Medical, the world's largest maker of autoinjectors.
- He moved to Taiwan in 1988 and cofounded the firm a year later, after several years shipping local goods including boxing gloves back to Sweden.
- Swedish private equity firm EQT acquired a 31% stake in SHL Medical in 2020; it now owns 32%.
- SHL Medical was a pioneer in autoinjectors for home administration of drugs and its customers include Novo Nordisk, Amgen and Pfizer.
- Samuelsson also owns the 414-foot megayacht Octopus, previously owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen (d. 2018).