For its rankings, Forbes calculated net worth using stock prices and exchange rates from Sept. 3. The 400 wealthiest Americans’ collective fortune increased 40 percent over the last year to $4.5 trillion. The minimum net worth to make the list rose $800 million to $2.9 billion.
Below are the richest Americans in healthcare:
- Thomas Frist Jr. and family — $20.8 billion
Source: founder of Hospital Corp.
Overall rank: 35 - Li Ge — $11.6 billion
Source: cofounder and chair of WuXi AppTec
Overall rank: 59 - Carl Cook — $10.8 billion
Source: CEO of Cook Group
Overall rank: 66 - Patrick Soon-Shiong — $8.9 billion
Source: inventor of cancer drug Abraxane
Overall rank: 89 - Reinhold Schmieding — $7.8 billion
Source: founder of Arthrex, an orthopedic surgical tools company
Overall rank: 115 - Ronda Stryker — $7.5 billion
Source: director of Stryker Corp., a medical device and software company
Overall rank: 117 - Judy Faulkner — $6.5 billion
Source: CEO and founder of Epic
Overall rank: 147 - John Brown — $5.9 billion
Source: ran Stryker Corp. for 32 years before retirement
Overall rank: 176 - Timothy Springer, PhD — $5.9 billion
Source: immunologist and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Boston-based Harvard Medical School
Overall rank: 176 - Noubar Afeyan — $5 billion
Source: founder and CEO of life sciences innovation firm Flagship Pioneering
Overall rank: 212 - Robert Langer, PhD — $4.9 billion
Source: professor at Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he leads Langer Lab
Overall rank: 222 - John Stryker — $4.9 billion
Source: grandfather founded Stryker Corp.
Overall rank: 240 - Hao Hong — $3.8 billion
Source: chair of Asymchem Laboratories
Overall rank: 300 - Pat Stryker — $3.4 billion
Source: grandfather founded Stryker Corp.
Overall rank: 340 - Alice Schwartz — $3.2 billion
Source: founder of Bio-Rad Laboratories
Overall rank: 363
