John Abele & family
$2.0B
Born
Feb 02, 1937
Age
88
Source of Wealth
Healthcare
Residence
Shelburne, Vermont
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Amherst College
- John Abele cofounded medical device developer Boston Scientific in 1979 to provide less invasive, more accessible treatments.
- Abele took the company public in 1992 and was first listed as a billionaire on The Forbes 400 in 1996.
- He served as a director emeritus of the company until 2017, after retiring from the board in 2011 and as co-chairman in 1995.
- Abele's Argosy Foundation has doled out more than $130 million to a variety of charitable causes since 2001.
- Abele's father was commander of an American submarine that vanished during World War II. Abele funded an expedition that located the sunken ship in 2007.
- Abele received an honorary doctorate of medicine from the University of Vermont in 2018.
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