2. Patrick Soon Shiong
Chinese South African transplant surgeon Patrick Soon Jung is one of the richest doctors in the world in 2022; according to Forbes, his net worth is $7.3 billion.
A famous billionaire, businessman, and bioscientist, Doctor Soon Shiong is famous for inventing the Abraxane-a cancer-fighting drug against late-stage lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer.
The wealthy Soon Shiong was born on July 29, 1952 (Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa) to immigrant parents who fled the country (China) to escape the Japanese occupation in World war II.
Rising above the status quo, Soon Shiong has become a rich doctor which certifications such as professor of surgery and executive director of the Wireless Health Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Soon-Shiong was diligent and hardworking; it was only a matter of time before he purchased Fujisawa ( a company that sold injectable generic drugs in 1998). A businessman and medical doctor, Soon Shiong used the proceeds from sales to develop his fortune wheel drug, Abraxane.
The cancer-fighting medication Abraxane is an existing chemotherapy drug, Taxol, wrapped in protein and easier to deliver to tumors.
What helped Doctor Soon Shiong was the ability to speed up the regulatory process of the Abraxane cancer medicine. As a result, he made his fortune from the breakthrough in cancer medicine.
In 1997, Soon Shiong founded APP Pharmaceuticals, of which he held 80% of the outstanding stock. By 2008 he had sold his share to Fresenius SE for $4.6 billion in July. In 2006 the Abraxane medicine cost $4,200 for a dose. However, the injection-based powder Abraxane now costs an estimated $10,342.42.
According to reports, SoonShiong was smart enough to found the company Abraxis BioScience (maker of the drug Abraxane), which he later sold to Celgene in 2010 for a sweet deal valued at over $3 billion.
He is also a well-respected fellow at Imperial College London and Dartmouth College- With about 100 scientific papers and 230 issued patents to his name across the world in medicine and technology, Soon Shiong has made his mark as one of the world's richest and most successful doctors in the world.
