Fifty-one Americans in healthcare were included on Forbes‘ annual billionaires list.
The 2026 list includes 3,428 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs across the globe — a record since the list began in 1987. It was developed using stock prices and exchange rates from March 1, according to Forbes.
Here are the U.S. healthcare billionaires on Forbes‘ “World’s Billionaires List,” along with their rank across all industries and countries:
Editor’s note: This list includes all U.S. healthcare billionaires in addition to two EHR founders, which were not listed under Forbes’ healthcare category.
6. Larry Ellison: Chairman, chief technology officer and co-founder of software company Oracle.
48. Thomas Frist Jr., MD: Co-founder of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
268. Carl Cook: CEO of medical device manufacturer Cook Group.
271. Robert Duggan: Co-CEO of Summit Therapeutics.
279. Charlie Mills: Chairman of medical supply company Medline.
308. Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD: Inventor of cancer drug Abraxane.
415. John Brown: Former chairman of medical equipment company Stryker Corp.
415. Ronda Stryker: Director of Stryker Corp.
477. Judy Faulkner: Founder of medical record software provider Epic Systems.
498: Li Ge: Chairman and CEO of Wuxi Apptec, a research and clinical trial services provider.
694: Reinhold Schmieding: Founder of Arthex, an orthopedic surgical tools company.
730. Andy Mills: Director and former president of Medline.
730. Jon Stryker: Grandson of Stryker Corp.’s founder.
908. Wendy Abrams: Shareholder of Medline.
972. Nancy Barnett: Shareholder of Medline.
984. Stewart Rahr: Expanded and sold pharmaceutical distributor Kinray.
1,044. Pat Stryker: Founder of Bohemian Foundation.
1,108. Margaret Baker: Shareholder of Medline.
1,223. August Troendle: CEO of clinical research company Medpace.
1,251. Keith Dunleavy: Founder of healthcare analytics firm Inovalon.
1,440. Wayne Rothbaum: Founder of Quogue Capital and biotech investor.
1,504. Leonard Schleifer: Co-founder and CEO of drugmaker Regeneron.
1,611. David Halbert: Founder of Caris Life Sciences.
1,755. Jason Murray: Co-founder, chairman and CEO of skilled nursing facility operator PACS Group.
1,755. Mark Hancock: Co-founder of PACS Group.
1,755. Vivek Ramaswamy: Biotech entrepreneur.
1,755. David Paul: Founder and executive chairman of Globus Medical, a spine implant manufacturer.
1,834. Phillip Frost: CEO of diagnostics-maker Opko Health.
1,982. Alan Miller: Founder of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services.
2,052. Randal Kirk: Executive chairman of investment firm Third Security.
2,052. Amy Wyss: Longtime employee of medical equipment firm Synthes and daughter of its founder.
2,052. John Abele: Co-founder of medical device developer Boston Scientific.
2,177. James Leininger: Founder of medical devices company Kinetic Concepts.
2,177. Noubar Afeyan: Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation firm.
2,177. John Oyler: CEO, co-founder and chairman of global oncology company BeOne Medicines.
2,274. Forrest Preston: Founder of Life Care Centers of America.
2,274. Gary Michelson, MD: Retired surgeon with approximately 340 U.S. patents for orthopedic and spinal surgery instruments.
2,274. George Yancopoulos: Chief scientific officer of Regeneron, a biotech firm.
2,386. Martine Rothblatt: Co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio.
2,386. Hao Hong: Chairman of Asymchem Laboratories, which provides pharmaceutical outsourcing services.
2,481. Lee Sang-hoon: Founder, chairman, CEO and chief research officer of ABL Bio, a biotechnology company.
2,481. Rick Workman: Founder and chairman of Heartland Dental.
2,600. Herriot Tabuteau: Founder of Axsome Therapeutics.
2,712. Jeff Tangney: Co-founder of Doximity.
2,712. Ed Park: Co-founder of Devoted Health.
2,712. Todd Park: Co-founder of Devoted Health.
3,017. Joe Kiani: Founder of Masimo Corp., a medical technology firm.
3,185. Yu De-Chao: Chairman and CEO of biotech company Innovent Biologics.
3,185. Timothy Springer: Immunologist and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
3,185. Michelle Xia: Co-founder, chairwoman and CEO of biotech firm Akeso.
3,332. Wu Jinzi: Founder, chairman and CEO of Ascletis Pharma.
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