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Recognising excellence
Edinburgh Evening News
|February 11, 2026
Blavatnik awardees to date have have founded more than 50 companies after receiving the award, six of which are publicly traded.
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They are collectively valued at more than $10 billion.
This story is from the February 11, 2026 edition of Edinburgh Evening News.
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