Man goes from council estate to €470m fortune with artificial intelligence

A man has told his story of going from living on a council estate to founding one of Britain's largest biotech companies which floated on New York's Nasdaq stock exchange for $2.9bn. The Welsh scientist's company - which uses artificial intelligence to cut the time and money being spent on discovering new drugs - has earned him a whopping €470 million, but he says he is nowhere near finished. Andrew Hopkins grew up on a council estate in the UK but described how he has since swapped that life for one in the prestigious city of Oxford after setting up his company, Exscientia. The 50-year-old founder retains 18.6 million shares, giving him a 15.8% stake of the company. On paper, he's worth around €470m since the flotation in October 2021, but in real life, Andrew, or Professor Hopkins as he's known in the field, is only just beginning.