Samuel D. Waksal

Samuel D. Waksal

scientist

BIRTHDAY September 8, 1947
BIRTH SIGN Virgo
BIRTHPLACE France
AGE 78 years old
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ABOUT SAMUEL D. WAKSAL

Founder and CEO of both the biopharmaceutical company ImClone Systems and Kadmon Pharmaceuticals.

He earned a bachelor's degree and doctorate in immunobiology from Ohio State University in 1974 before working as a medical researcher at Stanford University and Tufts University.

He pleaded guilty in 2003 to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud for avoiding $1.2 million in sales taxes. He spent time in prison from 2003 to 2009.

He was born to Holocaust survivors in Paris, France.

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