Capitalizing Pablo: The world’s biggest drug royalty buyer is going public. And the low-key CEO divulges a few secrets along the way
Pablo Legorreta is one of the most influential players in biopharma you likely never heard of.
Over the last 24 years, Legorreta’s Royalty Pharma group has become, by its own reckoning, the biggest buyer of drug royalties in the world. The CEO and founder has bought up a stake in a lengthy list of the world’s biggest drug franchises, spending $18 billion in the process — $2.2 billion last year alone. And he’s become one of the best-paid execs in the industry, reaping $28 million from the cash flow last year while reserving 20% of the cash flow, less expenses, for himself.
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