MedPage Today February 13, 2025
— Six U.S. healthcare billionaires have nearly $90 billion in combined net worth
Six of the world’s 500 richest people are Americans who have reaped fortunes from healthcare — and two of them are physicians.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Indexopens in a new tab or window, only 32 people globally have become mega-rich from healthcare enterprises.
The richest person to make their fortune in healthcare is Thomas Frist, Jr., MD, who alongside his father in the 1960s co-founded Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Healthcare.
The company is an administrator of 186 hospitals and cares for more than 43 million patients every year. HCA Healthcare’s Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicineopens in a new tab or window welcomed its...
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