John Kapoor

Akorn Pharmaceuticals; Insys Therapeutics

John Kapoor, the former billionaire and founder of fentanyl-spray manufacturer Insys Therapeutics was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Thursday afternoon January 23 2020 in a Boston courtroom for his role in a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe his company’s potent fentanyl painkiller to patients who didn’t need it. Kapoor stepped down from his role as Insys CEO and chairman in January 2017. That October he was arrested by the Department of Justice on charges of racketeering and conspiracy related to bribing doctors, committing mail and wire fraud and violating the Anti-Kickback law. In December 2018 Kapoor's net worth, which stemmed mostly from his stakes in Insys Therapeutics and a generic drug firm called Akorn, dropped below $1 billion for the first time since he joined the World's Billionaires’ ranks five years prior. His net worth peaked at $3.3 billion in October 2015. Kapoor is a serial entrepreneur who founded two pharmaceutical companies and guided them to exceptional success. The bulk of his wealth is concentrated in shares of Akorn Pharmaceuticals, an Illinois-based generics manufacturer that Kapoor has been involved with since the early 1990s, and INSYS Therapeutics, a cancer-treatment maker that went public in May 2013. Kapoor came to the U.S. from India in 1964 for a fellowship to study pharmaceutical sciences at the University at Buffalo. After earning his Ph.D. in 1972, he joined a struggling pharmaceuticals company LyphoMed, bought out his bosses in an LBO and in 1983 he took it public. He sold his stake in 1990, netting $100 million -- start-up capital for his subsequent pharma projects. Outside of his companies, he also supports efforts to fight cancer through the John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation, named after his late wife Editha, who died of breast cancer. Kapoor has a small chain of fast-casual Indian restaurants in Arizona called Bombay Spice as well as higher-end, traditional Indian eatery Marigold Maison in Phoenix. He owns the Roka Akor Japanese eateries in Chicago, Scottsdale and San Francisco.

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Patrick G Ryan	Lamar Alexander, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Richard S Williamson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party
Jane L Bainum	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Peter G Fitzgerald, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Lindsay Rosenwald	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Peter R Deutsch, Al D’Amato, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Steve Forbes, George Pataki, 1995 Republican Senate/House Dinner Cmte
John M Templeton Jr	John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Black America's Political Action Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Steve Forbes
Norman Brinker	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Wish List, the, Arena Political Action Committee
David L Brennan	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Steve Forbes
Richard M. DeVos, Jr.	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Peter G Fitzgerald, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party of Florida, Arizona Republican Party, National Republican Congressional Cmte
David Koch	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George Pataki
David M Flaum	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Donald Trump, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Margaretta Johnson Taylor	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Donald Trump, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Wish List, the, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, Swing States for a Conservative White House PAC Inc, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Republican National Candidate Trust
Haley Barbour	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Trump Victory
Joseph G Fogg III	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Richard S Williamson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Steve Forbes
Carl H Lindner	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Steve Forbes
Earle I Mack	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Mary Kalikow	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Donald Trump, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, George Pataki, Trump Victory
George P Shultz	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Steve Forbes
Murray H Goodman	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Inactive Federal Political Committee
Charles B Johnson	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Black America's Political Action Committee, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Fred Malek	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Donald Trump, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George Pataki
Robert H Pickens	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, National Republican Congressional Cmte

John Kapoor

Akorn Pharmaceuticals; Insys Therapeutics

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