Patrick Soon-Shiong is LA's richest man at $16.6 billion

SA’s Patrick Soon-Shiong – LA’s Richest Man Building A R3 Billion Vaccine Empire Back Home

[Image: Wiki Commons] In 1975, a 23-year-old doctor from Gqeberha boarded a plane to Canada with a master’s degree and a fellowship in surgery. Five decades later, that same man is worth $16.6 billion (about R307 billion), owns the Los Angeles Times, holds a minority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, and is pouring his fortune into vaccine manufacturing back home. Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, now 73, was confirmed this week as the richest person in Lo…

Patrick Soon-Shiong is LA's richest man at $16.6 billion

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the South African-born physician, biotechnology entrepreneur and owner of the Los Angeles Times, is the richest person in Los Angeles with a net worth of $16.6 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes, cementing his status as one of the most consequential South African-born wealth stories in global business.Soon-Shiong was born July 29, 1952, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, the son of Chinese immigra…