Patrick Soon-Shiong
Patrick Soon-Shiong | |||||||||||
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Soon-Shiong in 2014 | |||||||||||
| Born | July 29, 1952 | ||||||||||
| Citizenship | South Africa United States | ||||||||||
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand (MBBCh)
University of British Columbia (MSc) University of Witwatersrand (MD) | ||||||||||
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| Known for | Inventor of Abraxane Developer of transplant techniques for pancreatic islets | ||||||||||
| Title | Founder & CEO Nantworks LLC Owner of Los Angeles Times Minority owner of Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Michele B. Chan | ||||||||||
| Children | 2, including Nika | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃馨祥 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄馨祥 | ||||||||||
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Patrick Soon-Shiong (born July 29, 1952) is a South African and American businessman, investor, medical researcher, and transplant surgeon. He is the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which is used for lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer. Soon-Shiong is the founder of NantWorks, a network of healthcare, biotech, and artificial intelligence startups; an adjunct professor of surgery and executive director of the Wireless Health Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles; and a visiting professor at Imperial College London and Dartmouth College.
Soon-Shiong is the chairman of three nonprofit organizations: the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation, a research-funding foundation that works in health care and education accessibility; the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Advanced Health, which aims to change the dissemination of healthcare information; and the Healthcare Transformation Institute, a partnership with the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. He has been a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers since 2010, and since June 2018, he has been the owner and executive chairman of the Los Angeles Times.
Soon-Shiong's net worth is US$11.3 billion as of 2025 according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He has been called the richest man in Los Angeles and one of the wealthiest doctors in the world.