The latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which consistently ranks the world’s 500 richest people across industries, includes six leaders from U.S. healthcare.
The wealthiest person in U.S. healthcare, as of Feb. 9, is Thomas Frist Jr., MD, co-founder of HCA Healthcare.
Below are billionaires in U.S. healthcare from the Bloomberg index of 500, with their net worth as of Feb. 9. (Find the complete index here.)
Editor’s note: This story was updated in 2025.
1. Thomas Frist Jr., MD
Total net worth: $29.5 billion
Year-to-date change: +$1.78 billion
Overall index ranking: 60
Dr. Frist co-founded HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., with his father in the 1960s. He also founded the United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society.
2. Carl Cook
Total net worth: $15.7 billion
YTD change: +$3.32 billion
Overall index ranking: 145
Mr. Cook is owner and CEO of Cook Group, a Bloomington, Ind.-based medical device manufacturer co-founded by his parents in 1963. Mr. Cook became CEO in 2011.
3. Bob Duggan
Total net worth: $15 billion
YTD change: +$1.66 billion
Overall index ranking: 156
Mr. Duggan is an investor in the healthcare industry. He is the largest shareholder in Summit Therapeutics, a Miami-based biopharmaceutical oncology company.
4. Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD
Total net worth: $11.1 billion
YTD change: +$751 million
Overall index ranking: 249
Dr. Soon-Shiong invented the cancer drug Abraxane. He is the founder of NantWorks, a network of healthcare, biotech and artificial intelligence startups, and owner of the Los Angeles Times.
5. Ronda Stryker
Total net worth: $10.8 billion
YTD change: +$702 million
Overall index ranking: 262
Ms. Stryker is the director of and the largest individual shareholder in Stryker Corp., a medical equipment company founded by her grandfather, Homer Stryker, MD. Ms. Stryker’s siblings have stakes in the company as well.
6. Pat Stryker
Total net worth: $8.61 billion
YTD change: +$518 million
Overall index ranking: 353
Ms. Stryker founded the Bohemian Foundation, which supports music, community, global and civic programs. She is also a shareholder of Stryker Corp.
