Boardroom Talk – Surreal Davos experience of being three metres from our tribe’s ‘Mr Prime-Evil’

By Alec Hogg

I had a surreal experience yesterday. There I was sitting in the Wall Street Journal's cave in Davos, sitting a mere three metres from the man many members of our tribe believe to be the closest thing to an evil businessman that you'll find in the modern era. And then hearing the same fellow describe himself as having saved the world.

Albert Bourla, a 59-year-old Greek-American who went from being a veterinarian to Big Pharma, speaks heavily accented English and certainly doesn't lack self-confidence. He is chunky and although of average height, strikes an imposing figure. Bourla, you see, is the CEO of Pfizer, the company which believes its fast tracking of the mRNA Covid vaccine from the usual eight years to eight months has saved many millions lives.

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