After fruitless talks, a bid from Vas and plenty of patience, AveXis CEO Sean Nolan slowly reeled in an $8.7B deal
Sometimes, it pays to be patient. In Sean Nolan’s case, it was personally worth tens of millions of dollars.
After watching the cork bob in the water for months, the AveXis CEO got his first hard strike on June 29 last year when an admirer offered to buy the company for $112 a share, with a mix of cash and stock.
He and the board threw it right back, even though his own stock was trading at that time for $81.69.
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