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In this week’s special 10-minute solo episode of Going Public with Ross Mandell, Ross shares one of the most unbelievable stories from his early Wall Street career — the day he accidentally discovered Dr. Jonas Salk, the legendary creator of the polio vaccine, while cold calling.

To Ross’s shock, the man who cured one of the deadliest diseases in human history was completely broke. Dr. Salk had given away the polio vaccine, refusing to patent it so the world could access it freely. He saved millions of lives… but never made a dollar from it.

Ross reveals how this chance encounter sparked the creation of Immune Response Corporation (IMMR) in 1986, at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. The idea:

✔ Build a biotechnology company around Dr. Salk’s brilliance

✔ Take it public

✔ Reintroduce him to the world as a scientific icon

✔ Fund research that could change the future

That bold move changed everything — and Dr. Jonas Salk, who once had nothing, died a multimillionaire because of the company Ross helped create.

This episode is a powerful reminder of how vision, timing, and belief in a great mind can reshape history — and how one cold call can literally change a life.

💡 Episode Highlights

-The true story of how Ross randomly found Dr. Jonas Salk on a cold call

-Why the inventor of the polio vaccine was broke in the 1980s

-How Immune Response (IMMR) became a company built around Salk’s name and mission

-The business strategy behind taking a scientific icon public

-The impact of the AIDS crisis on biotech investment

-The legacy of a man who changed the world — and how Ross helped secure his financial future

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