My Net Worth: Iona Weir, serial biotech entrepreneur

My Net Worth: Iona Weir, serial biotech entrepreneur
Iona Weir always has one eye on the exit and the next opportunity. (Images: Supplied)
Greg Hurrell
Scientist and business leader Iona Weir is the chief executive officer of biotechnology research company Weir Science. An inventor at heart, she has nearly 20 years of business management experience.One of my childhood memories is of moving all over New Zealand. [Weir’s father worked for the Ministry of Works & Development on construction projects.] I actually went to 31 schools. Sometimes I’d get a couple of years at one school, and then I’d have several in a year, like maybe nine. It taught me to go with the fl...

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