Ms. Faulkner came in at No. 256 on the list, with a reported net worth of $2.6 billion. She is the only person on the list whose source of wealth is health IT. Other healthcare-related individuals on the list largely made their wealth in pharmaceuticals and medical devices and equipment.
For example, Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of genome-based diagnostic and therapeutic company NantWorks, came in at No. 35 with a net worth of $12.3 billion. Thomas Frist Jr., cofounder of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, landed at No. 54 with $8.7 billion.
According to Forbes, the bar was set higher than ever for individuals to be named to The 400, with the “price of entry” at $1.7 billion. Last year the bar was at $1.55 billion.
For the 22nd year in a row, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, is the richest person in America, with a net worth of $76 billion.
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