Gilead, Moderna, and Novavax have all enjoyed massive gains after announcing potential coronavirus drugs, leading their executives, scientists, and early investors to rake in millions.The profits come as global markets tank on growing coronavirus concerns.Moderna has gained the most of the three since Friday's close, jumping 60% after announcing on Monday it submitted the first coronavirus vaccine for human trials.Here are the seven shareholders to collectively profit $277 million from the surging biotech stocks.Visit the Business Insider homepage for more stories.Three biotech stocks are surging on the possibility of coronavirus drugs and minting millions of dollars for their biggest shareholders.Gilead, Moderna, and Novavax have all outperformed the falling stock market in recent days as the three drug developers rush to introduce preventative vaccines and treatments. The coronavirus has caused more than 2,800 deaths and infected more than 82,000 since breaking out in Wuhan, China. The US stock market entered correction territory on Thursday as mounting coronavirus risks sharply dragged on equity prices.The three biotech firms were among the few winning stocks amid the downturn. Moderna soared through the week after announcing on Monday it submitted the first coronavirus vaccine for human trials. Novavax followed close behind, revealing on Wednesday the development and animal testing of its own vaccine. Gilead gained on Monday after a World Health Organization official said its experimental coronavirus treatment may be the best shot at curbing COVID-19 fatalities.Moderna shares are up 60% from Friday's close to the end of Wednesday's trading session. Novavax leaped 19.4% over the same period, and Gilead climbed 7.2%.Here are the seven venture capitalists, scientists, and executives to collectively make $277 million from the surging biotechs, ranked in ascending order of gains. Profit data is calculated from each stock's gains from February 21 to February 26.7. Stanley Erck (Novavax)Shares held: 46,776Gain: $70,164About:Erck served as Novavax's CEO since April 2011.6. Rajiv Modi (Novavax)Shares held: 125,000Gain: $187,500About: Modi worked as managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals when the firm took an $11 million stake in Novavax in April 2009. He's served on Novavax's board of directors since the joint venture's announcement.5. John Milligan (Gilead)Shares held: 1,574,306Gain: $7,871,530About: Milligan served as Gilead's CEO from March 2016 to July 2018.4. John Martin (Gilead)Shares held: 2,887,225Gain:$14,436,125About:Martin served as Gilead's CEO from 1996 to 2016.3. Timothy Springer (Moderna)Shares held: 4,272,968Gain: $46,703,540About:Springer works as an immunologist at Harvard Medical School and invested $5 million in Moderna early in the company's history, according to Bloomberg.2. Stephane Bancel (Moderna)Shares held: 7,456,986Gain: $81,504,857About:Bancel has served as Moderna's CEO since October 2011 and previously worked for French diagnostics firm bioMrieux as its chief executive.1. Robert Langer (Moderna)Shares held: 11,509,537Gain: $125,799,239About: Langer sits on Moderna's board of directors and serves as a professor at MIT. He joined Moderna as an academic co-founder.Now read more markets coverage from Markets Insider and Business Insider:Microsoft saw $62 billion of market value erased after it said coronavirus will hit profits this year. Here are 6 other companies that have issued similar warningsand how much they've lostGoldman Sachs says the S&P 500 could quickly fall another 7% on coronavirus fearsand warns US firms won't generate any profit growth in 2020The company behind 'Fortnite' is skipping the biggest video game industry conference of the year because of the coronavirus outbreak
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