Frederik Paulsen

Frederik Paulsen (#524)

Global Rank #524

Country Rank #10

Country Sweden

Frederik Paulsen is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 8 B
Health care
Sweden
M
75 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #524

Country Rank #10

Net Worth $7.5B

Previous Worth $7.5B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Sweden

Industry Health care

Age 75 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Last Refreshed 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 AM

Residence Lausanne, Switzerland

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Personal Stats

Age 75

Source Of Wealth Health care

Residence Lausanne, Switzerland

Citizenship Sweden

Marital Status Divorced

Children 3

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $7.5B

Current Net Worth $7.5B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Frederick Paulsen inherited small drugmaker Ferring Pharmaceuticals, founded by his father in 1950. When he took over running the business in 1983, it generated $15 million in annual revenue. Today the biotech outfit, which makes infertility, obstetrics, urology, gastroenterology and endocrinology drugs, has estimated sales of $2.2 billion. Ferring employs more than 6,500 people and has subsidiaries in nearly 60 countries. Board members include H?l?ne Ploix, former director of the IMF, and Alexandra, the Countess of Frederiksborg, a former Danish princess.

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Paulsen enjoys extreme adventure travel: he was the first person to cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia in an ultralight aircraft.

Paulsen's father named the company Ferring after the name for inhabitants of F?hr, his native island off the coast of Germany.

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Current Net Worth: $7.5B (May 4, 2026)