Made an exit and became a millionaire at 30 thanks to his bar mitzvah money

Dr. Shaked Halperin, 35, sold two biotech companies by age 30 for a combined value of up to $385 million, using his bar mitzvah money to secure patent rights from UC Berkeley. He completed a PhD in bioengineering at Berkeley in three years, developed gene-editing technologies, and later moved to Israel to paint portraits of hostages.

Dr. Shaked Halperin, 35, sold two biotech companies by age 30 for a combined value of up to $385 million, using his bar mitzvah money to secure patent rights from UC Berkeley. He completed a PhD in bioengineering at Berkeley in three years, developed gene-editing technologies, and later moved to Israel to paint portraits of hostages. His first company, Rewrite Therapeutics, was acquired by Intellia Therapeutics in February 2022 for up to $200 million. His second company, Replace Therapeutics, was acquired by Tome Biosciences in January 2024 for up to $185 million. Halperin speaks about the "impostor syndrome" that accompanied him along the way, and his decision to move to Israel and engage in art.

Made an exit and became a millionaire at 30 thanks to his bar mitzvah money