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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Introducing Stéphane Bancel: “The upside was changing humanity forever.” from Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman.

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Moderna’s CEO Stéphane Bancel will go down in history for pioneering the Covid-19 vaccine. He sits down with Bob to recount the story of the pandemic from his perspective, from the moment he knew it would become an international disaster to the decision to throw out Moderna’s playbook and risk everything to help humanity. At the time, Moderna had never sold a product, requiring Stéphane to adapt to a new strategy, scale the business, and sustain seven day work weeks. All of this has set Moderna up for a strong future. In fact, Stéphane believes Moderna’s next decade will be so critical for the healthcare industry that its name will no longer be synonymous with the pandemic.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Math and Magic, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:07.6	If you are in a situation where you have in a once-in-a-century pandemic and the economy is locked down,
0:14.1	people are dying by the thousands, if not the tens of thousands around the world,
0:18.1	kids cannot go to school anymore.
0:20.0	It becomes a human decision to decide to throw by the window your business strategy and to
0:25.8	do what you think is the right thing for the world, even though if you're wrong, you might
0:29.6	actually kill the company.
0:30.6	Hi, I'm Bob Pittman.
0:33.6	Welcome to this episode of Math and Magic.
0:36.4	Our guest today has literally changed the world, proving that the impossible can be done, and he's a model of the CEO as someone in service to society. He's Stefan Vancell, CEO of Moderna. He grew up in France and always knew what he wanted to be, a CEO. Love science and business still does and is
0:56.4	equally skilled in both, greatly influenced by the Jesuits and brings that sense of service to business
1:01.5	and his mission. Although it was almost a decade after its founding, Moderna popped on the scene
1:06.8	as a savior during the pandemic, doing what the experts thought to be impossible, getting a vaccine
1:12.6	developed and available within a year. And by the way, infectious disease vaccines weren't even
1:17.7	on his original company plans. He loves to ski, boat, and eat well. He's French after all. And he is
1:24.3	a fascinating and nice guy. Stefan, welcome. Well, thank you so much for having me and thank you for this very kind description.
1:31.5	Oh, we have more to come. But before we jump into that, I want to do you in 60 seconds. Ready?
1:38.1	Good.
1:38.8	Cats or dogs? Dogs.
1:40.4	Early riser or night out?
1:42.0	Very early riser.
1:43.2	Paris or Boston. Paris for fun, Boston for early riser. Paris or Boston?
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