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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