Bobby Sheng (; born April 1972) is a Taiwanese-American

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, and

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. He is the founder,

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and

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of Bora Pharmaceuticals , Taiwan's largest

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company by volume. Sheng grew up in

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and went to high school in

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. He began his business career when he was 14, selling candy to other students at his school. Sheng graduated from

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with a BS in

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. Around the same time, Sheng's father, who owned Hoan Pharmaceuticals, fell ill, leaving him and his sister to run the company as recent graduates. As he familiarized himself with the CEO position at the family company, Sheng started seven companies in his time in Taiwan, including the largest distributor of

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outside of the

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. Sheng also became

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of MACHI Entertainment in this time, and started producing films such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2007, Sheng established Bora Pharmaceuticals as a separate entity from Hoan Pharmaceuticals. As Hoan Pharmaceuticals focused more on in-licensing and distribution in Taiwan, Bora Pharmaceuticals focused on drug development and production for international markets. They have since then supplied drugs for over 100 countries and established facilities in

Zhunan Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen. Name Literally, ''Zhúnán'' () means "bamboo south" but in this context, ''zhú'' is short for "Hsinchu". Th ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

, Taoyuan,

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Zhubei Zhubei ( Wade-Giles: ''Chupei''; Hakka PFS: ''Chuk-pet''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tek-pak'') is a city in the nation of Taiwan. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Taiwan, with a population gain of 51,000 between 2010 and 2019, the highest ...

, and

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. Since April 2017, Bora Pharmaceuticals has been a publicly traded company on the

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. They have since then received awards such as Best Companies to Work For in Taiwan in 2019 from HR Asia, and Outstanding Company of the Year in 2023 from Bio-Asia Taiwan. From 2020 to 2023, Sheng served as the president of the Berkeley Club of Taiwan. In 2020, Sheng received the CEO of the Year at the CPhl Awards.

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