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Frederik Paulsen Jr
Birth Name:Frederik Paulsen Jr
Birth Date:30 October 1950
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Education:Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany; Lund University, Sweden; EHESS, Paris, France
Parents:Frederik Paulsen Sr
Margareta Liljequist
Known For:Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Frederik Paulsen is a Swedish billionaire businessman and non-executive chairman of Ferring Pharmaceuticals.

Biography

Early life

Frederik Dag Arfst Paulsen was born on 30 October 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden, as a Swedish citizen. His father was Frederik Paulsen Sr, the founder of Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Paulsen grew up in Sweden, with his father and his father's second wife, Dr. Eva Wolf Frandsen – one of the founding researchers at Ferring. He attended school in Sweden and then went on to study chemistry at the Christian Albrecht University in Kiel, (Germany) and business administration at Lund University in Sweden.[1] He received his doctoral degree in Demography from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.[2]

Career

Since 2003, Paulsen has been based in Switzerland, where Ferring subsequently established its global headquarters in Saint-Prex.[3] His business interests focus mainly on the Ferring Pharmaceuticals Group where he has worked since 1976 in senior executive positions.

In addition, he has interests in real estate and viticulture.[4] Frederik Paulsen also holds several board memberships. Until 2023, he was for instance a member of the board of directors of the tobacco company Philip Morris International.[5] [6]

Since 2009 until 2022, Paulsen also held the position of Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation, in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7] [8] He was appointed Honorary Consul General in 2015. In 2020, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth of England.[9]

Personal life

Exploration

Paulsen is also an explorer. In 2007, alongside Russian Veteran explorer Artur Chilingarov and Australian researcher Mike McDowell, he descended more than 14,000 feet in a Russian MIR submersible to take samples of soil and fauna at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole. In 2010, Paulsen, alongside his travelling companion François Bernard, completed the first crossing of the Bering Strait from America to Russia in an ultralight aircraft.[10]

In the winter of 2013, he became the first man to explore all eight of the Earth's poles.

Philanthropy

As chairman emeritus[11] of Ferring, Paulsen is a founding sponsor of The Peptide Therapeutics Foundation. He has contributed to the opening of several fertility clinics throughout Russia to help solve its demographics problem.[12] [13] He has donated approximately $40 million to the Museum Kunst der Westküste (Museum of West Coast Art). He has also substantially contributed to the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, Bhutan's Royal Textile Academy and the South Georgia Heritage Trust in Scotland.[14]

Honours and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAU verleiht Professor Frederik Paulsen die Ehrenbürgerwürde . German . 25 June 2010 . . 29 April 2012.
  2. Migrations et devenir démographique en Sibérie : une approche à partir de cas régionaux. Paris Sciences et Lettres. 2018-12-18. thesis. Frederik Dag Arfst. Paulsen.
  3. News: Frederik Paulsen, un (riche) ami qui vous veut du bien. 2018-09-21. Le Temps. 2020-04-06. fr. 1423-3967.
  4. Web site: Georgian wine: Finding a path – Andrew Jefford. Andrew Jefford. 2018-03-26. Decanter. en. 2020-05-27.
  5. Yan Pauchard, « Frederik Paulsen, un (riche) ami qui vous veut du bien », Le Temps, 21 September 2018 (page visited on 17 October 2018).
  6. Web site: Board of Directors. Philip Morris International. 2021-03-09.
  7. Web site: Expert opinion of the Second International Russian-Swiss Forum "Innovation Day". www.rsfi.ru. 2020-04-09.
  8. Web site: Honorary Consulate General of Russia in Lausanne. www.vd-consulatrusse.ch. 2022-03-16. 26 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126173523/http://www.vd-consulatrusse.ch/. dead.
  9. Web site: Order of St John. www.thegazette.co.uk. 2020-04-09.
  10. Web site: ExplorersWeb. www.explorersweb.com. 2020-04-07.
  11. Web site: Board of Directors. Ferring Pharmaceuticals. en. 2022-04-01.
  12. Pole Dancer. Paumgarten. Nick. The New Yorker. en. 2020-04-08.
  13. Web site: Meet Frederik Paulsen, The Swedish Pharma Billionaire Without Fear. Upbin. Bruce. Forbes. en. 2020-04-08.
  14. Web site: Soaring Over Siberia With Extreme Billionaire Explorer Frederik Paulsen. Upbin. Bruce. Forbes. en. 2020-04-08.
  15. Web site: Honorary Doctorates. MGIMO University. 10 May 2018.
  16. Web site: University To Honour Leading Figures At Winter Graduation : News. Dundee. University of. University of Dundee. en. 2020-05-29.
  17. News: Putin awards underwater polar explorers. 10 May 2018. Reuters. 21 February 2008.
  18. News: The Bhutanese roll of honours. 10 May 2018. Kuensel. 8 April 2015.
  19. Web site: Events – Meeting of Russian Geographical Society Board of Trustees. Official Internet Resources of the President of Russia. 10 May 2018.
  20. Web site: Granada Hoy. June 2017. 10 May 2018.

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