2.Martine A. Rothblatt – $38.2 million
The company exists thanks to her.
Martine A. Rothblatt is 59 years old and is a woman that knew how to take the initiative all her life.
She is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that was founded in 1996. And guess who founded it! Yes, Martine A. Rothblatt herself.
And before that, she is responsible for existence of another company, Sirius XM Satellite Radio which she also founded and served as Chairman and CEO.
And besides that, she is also the United Therapeutics director since she founded it in 1996.