Patrick Soon-Shiong
Patrick Soon-Shiong (born July 29, 1952 in Port Elizabeth , South Africa ) is a South African - American entrepreneur and surgeon .
Life
His Chinese parents are from Taishan in Guangdong and fled to South Africa during World War II. Soon-Shiong studied at the University of Witwatersrand , the University of British Columbia, and the University of California at Los Angeles Medicine & Surgery. He is a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles and specializes in cancer research . Among other things, he succeeded in discovering active ingredients for better treatment of breast cancer . In 1991 he founded the pharmaceutical company Abraxis BioScience , which he sold to the US company Celgene in 2010 , and in 1997 he founded the pharmaceutical company American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP). He sold the latter company in 2008 to the German company Fresenius Kabi . Soon-Shiong also established the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation . Soon-Shiong is married to actress Michele B. Chan and has two children.
Patrick Soon-Shiong has owned the Los Angeles Times newspaper and the San Diego Union-Tribune since February 2018 . Soon-Shiong paid $ 500 million for it.
capital
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a multi-billionaire. At an estimated $ 11.9 billion, he ranks 81st on Forbes' 2016 list of the richest people in the world .
Web links
- Patrick Soon-Shiong on the Forbes Magazine website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bloomberg.com: Fresenius Kabi Buys APP to Enter US Generics Market
- ↑ US traditional newspaper billionaire takes over Los Angeles Times . In: www.spiegel.de. February 7, 2018, accessed February 7, 2018 .
- ^ The World's Billionaires: Patrick Soon-Shiong. In: Forbes. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Soon-Shiong, Patrick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African-American entrepreneur and surgeon |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Elizabeth , South Africa |