Jeremy Levin was born in South Africa , where his family had a farm , De Hoek Farm , in Piketberg , Western Cape . Following the Sharpeville massacre , he left South Africa and moved to live in Salisbury , Rhodesia ( now Harare , Zimbabwe ) . His father was a political journalist , who in 1965 , was given a day to leave the country . Levin , his mother and brother followed some time later eventually settling in London England where he completed his undergraduate , graduate and medical degrees . Prior to his business experience Levin practised medicine , working at university hospitals including the Hammersmith Hospital in London , Groote Schuur in Cape Town , South Africa and Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève , Geneva , Switzerland . Levin , who lives in the USA , has previously lived in South Africa , Zimbabwe , Great Britain , Switzerland and Israel . In 1986 , Levin came to America and where he has worked in the biopharmaceutical industry in progressively senior positions
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Jeremy Levin