Venture capitalist, hospital entrepreneur, and activist against health care reform, who spent $73M of his own fortune successfully running for Governor of Florida in 2010, succeeding Charlie Crist. Conservative Republican; anti-abortion rights, pro-gun rights, pro-offshore drilling, pro-school vouchers. Ousted from the leadership of Columbia/HCA in 1997 after the revelation of a massive Medicare fraud; received a $310M golden parachute as the company paid $1.7B in federal fines.
[1] Resigned from First Presbyterian Church of Naples, FL in 2006, after what news accounts called "a feud with church leaders", and provided funding to construct Naples Community Church, the non-denominational Christian congregation he currently attends.
Father: Orba Scott (stepfather, truck driver)
Mother: Esther Scott (JC Penney clerk)
Wife: Annette Holland (high school girlfriend, m. 1971, two daughters)
Daughter: Allison Guimard
Daughter: Jordan Kandah
High School: North Kansas City High School, North Kansas City, MO (1970)
University: (community college)
University: BBA, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Law School: JD, Southern Methodist University
Governor of Florida (2011-)
Conservatives for Patients' Rights Founder, $5M investment (2009-10)
Solantic Corporation Founder & CEO (2001-11)
HCA CEO (1994-97)
Columbia Hospital Founder (1988-94)
Johnson & Swanson Mergers and Acquisitions Attorney
Alijor.com
Continental Structural Plastics
Flavor Maid Doughnuts Franchisee
Member of the Board of Banc One Corporation 1994
Member of the Board of CyberGuard (2001-06)
Member of the Board of HCA
Member of the Board of Pharmaca
Member of the Board of Secure Computing (2006-08)
The Business Council
Conservatives for Patients' Rights
John McCain 2008
McCain Victory Committee
Republican National Committee
Romney for President
Romney Victory Inc.
State Bar of Texas
United Way National Board (1997-2003)
Global Warming Skeptics
Eagle Scout
Took the Fifth 75 times (7-Apr-2000)
Took the Fifth (Jul-2000)
Sued by the ACLU (1-Jun-2011)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Hail Satan? (25-Jan-2019) · Himself
Before the Flood (9-Sep-2016) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.flgov.com/