Forbes released its 2026 list of the richest person in each U.S. state, and four people in healthcare made the cut.
The Oct. 14 ranking found billionaires in 46 states. Eight states have a new richest resident this year.
Two of the four people in healthcare also landed on the 2026 Forbes 400, an annual ranking of the richest Americans that Forbes builds through interviews and reviews of SEC filings, court records and news articles.
Here are the richest people in healthcare by state, along with their estimated net worth, according to Forbes:
Thomas Frist Jr. and family (Tennessee) — $36.9 billion. A former Air Force flight surgeon, Dr. Frist co-founded Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare with his father in 1968.
Carl Cook (Indiana) — $8.8 billion. He stepped into the CEO role at Cook Group, his family’s medical device business, after his father, Bill Cook, died in 2011.
Margaret Baker (Idaho) — $3.8 billion. Ms. Baker is a shareholder of medical supply company Medline, which was founded by her father, Jim Mills, and her uncle, Jon Mills, in 1966.
John Abele and family (Vermont) — $2.7 billion. In 1979, Mr. Abele co-founded medical device developer Boston Scientific.
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