American businessman and the current Governor of Florida, Richard Lynn “Rick” Scott has an estimated net worth of $220 million. A lawyer by profession, Rick Scott made his fortune through hospital chain he co-founded, Columbia Hospital Corporation, which owns and control several hospitals. As required by law for him to submit an annual report on his finances, he reported that he had a net worth of nearly $83 million at the end of 2011 which is down from the $103 million net worth he reported at the end of 2010.
Before running for governor in 2010, Scott declared he had a net worth of $218 million which he spent an estimated $75 million of his own money during the contentious Republican primary and the subsequent his successful 2010 run for Governor of Florida. His 2012 disclosure, Scott listed assets that include a beachfront home in Naples worth just under $9 million and $71.5 million held in a blind trust managed on behalf of the governor. Scott, who has refused to accept salary as governor, also reported that most of the $26 million he earned in 2011 was investment income from the trust.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2005 |
Asset |
Venture investment in Emida through Richard L. Scott Investments |
$7,500,000 |
|
2005 |
Sale of Asset |
Estimated value of CyberGuard upon sale to Secure Computing |
$300,000 |
|
2004 |
Asset |
Initial round of funding for Alijor.com |
$3,000,000 |
|
2002 |
Asset |
Investment in Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacies |
$5,500,000 |
|
2001 |
Asset |
Series E investment in CBCA through Richard L. Scott Investments |
$30,000,000 |
|
2000 |
Sale of Asset |
Value of The Health Network upon sale to Discovery Health Channel (plus a 10 percent equity stake in Discovery Health) |
$155,000,000 |
|
1996 |
Lawsuit Settlement |
Amount paid to him after he as forced to resign as Chairman and CEO of HCA |
$9,880,000 |
|
1992 |
Asset |
Value of Galen Healthcare upon purchase through HCA |
$3,400,000 |
|
1987 |
Asset |
Working capital for the new company Columbia Hospital Corporation along with Richard Rainwater (borrowed the remaining $60 million to buy two struggling hospitals in El Paso |
$125,000 |