Robert Duggan
Healthcare

Robert Duggan Net Worth

Robert Duggan is a successful entrepreneur and investor from Clearwater, Florida. He sold his biotech firm Pharmacyclics to AbbVie in 2015 for $21 billion, resulting in a pretax payout of $3.5 billion. Duggan had no prior experience in running a biotech company, but was passionate about the research due to the loss of his son to brain cancer. His success with Imbruvica, a potent cancer treatment, made him a billionaire by 2013. Duggan's enthusiasm for investing began in college, and he has since invested in tech and healthcare companies, a cookie bakery, and a robotic surgery company. He is also a member of the Church of Scientology, and has donated nearly $360 million to the church over his lifetime.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Place Clearwater, Florida, United States

💰 Net worth: $1.8 Billion (2024)

Robert Duggan's net worth is projected to reach an impressive $1.8 billion by 2024. Duggan, renowned as a prominent figure in the healthcare industry in the United States, has successfully made significant strides in his career. With an exceptional business acumen and a passion for improving healthcare, he has contributed immensely to the growth and development of the industry. As his net worth continues to climb, Duggan's influence and impact on healthcare are expected to persist, inspiring and shaping the future of the sector.

2013 $1.6 Billion
2014 $1.75 Billion
2015 $3 Billion
2016 $2.6 Billion
2017 $2.6 Billion
2018 $2.01 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1944

He was educated at the Shady Side Academy, After graduating from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the Air Force and spent the remainder of World War II in the aviation cadet training program. Following the war, he attended the University of Pennsylvania for an undergraduate degree and earned his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

1964

Duggan was elected Allegheny County District Attorney in 1964, and re-elected in 1967 and 1971. During Duggan's 10-year tenure as DA there were few prosecutions for gambling. Duggan's predecessor in the DA's office was Democrat Edward "Easy Going Eddie" Boyle. Unlike his predecessor, Duggan was born to an affluent family, with an estate in nearby Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County.

1973

He married his longtime partner, socialite Cordelia Scaife May, an heiress to the Mellon fortune, on August 23, 1973 in Las Vegas.

1974

Thornburgh obtained an indictment on March 5, 1974. That same day, Duggan was found shot to death on his family estate in Ligonier Township, victim of a shotgun blast. The body was found on the grounds of the estate; the shotgun was seven to ten feet from the body. Duggan, authorities said, apparently had been hunting before accidentally or purposefully turning the shotgun on himself. The Pittsburgh Press asked, "Was the law closing in on Robert W. Duggan so inexorably that his only escape was suicide?"

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