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Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon
$2.9B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 4/17/24
#1155 in the world todayReflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
About Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon
- Phillip Ragon, known as Terry, founded InterSystems, a software company that enables hospitals and banks to analyze big data, in 1978.
- Ragon retains full ownership of the company, which had $704 million in 2018 sales.
- After a trip to South Africa in 2009 where Terry and Susan saw the ravages of AIDS, they established the Ragon Institute to pursue an HIV vaccine.
- Ragon and his wife, Susan Ragon, joined the Giving Pledge in May 2017.
- In April 2019 Ragon and his wife Susan announced a $200 million gift to endow the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 74
- Source of Wealth
- Health IT, Self Made
- Residence
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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