Leonard S Schleifer is CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals . The company currently employs 5,400 people and made a profit last year of $ 5.2bn . Schleifer founded Regeneron in 1988 and last year he took home $ 47,462,526 . Prior to founding Regeneron he was educated at Cornell University and the University of Virginia and is a licensed neurologist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology . 33