Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong ($12 billion)
He's an entrepreneur
Patrick Soon-Shiong born July 29, 1952 is a South African-born American surgeon, medical researcher, businessman, philanthropist, and professor at University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently chairman of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation and chairman and CEO of the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Advanced Health, National LambdaRail, the Healthcare Transformation Institute and NantWorks, LLC.
He owns the Lakers
He is minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and is ranked by Forbes as the wealthiest American in the healthcare industry and the wealthiest man in Los Angeles with a net worth of US$12 billion.
He's won a whole lot of scientific awards
Soon-Shiong’s research has been recognized by national and international awards such as:
- Association for Academic Surgery Award for Research
- American College of Surgeons Schering Scholar
- Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Research Award
- Peter Kiewit Distinguished Membership in Medicine Award
- International J.W. Hyatt Award for Service to Mankind.
Soon-Shiong received the 2006 Gilda Club Award for the advancement of cancer medicine and is a recipient of a 2007 Ellis Island Medal of Honor as well as the St. Mary Medical Center Life Achievement Award in 2007 and the St. John’s Health Center Caritas Award in 2007. In 2008, he received the Medical Visionary Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network for his work in pancreatic cancer & the Los Angeles County Economic Development Council Eddy Award in November 2009. The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized him as their 2010 Business Person of the Year, and the National Library of Medicine awarded Soon-Shiong the Distinguished Medical Science Award. The University of Arizona awarded him an honorary doctorate in December 2010, and Visiting Professor of the Imperial College of London in 2011.