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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Charles R. Black	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, Richard S Williamson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Trump Victory
William D Smithburg	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Richard S Williamson, 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
A Jerrold Perenchio	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Henry Waxman, 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, Straight Talk America, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Inactive Federal Political Committee, Steve Forbes
H Wayne Huizenga	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Peter R Deutsch, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, 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, Arizona Republican Party, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Lee Beaman	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, 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, Black America's Political Action Committee, Steve Forbes, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Trump Victory
Sam Fox	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, 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, George Pataki, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Jack R. Anderson	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, Steve Forbes
Craig J Duchossois	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, George Allen, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bob Dole, Richard S Williamson, 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
Foster Friess	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Donald Trump, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arizona Republican Party, Steve Forbes, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Trump Victory
David S Mack	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Paul Martin Simon, 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, Trump Victory
Martin D Gruss	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, 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, Steve Forbes, George Pataki, Trump Victory
Edwin L Harper	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Richard S Williamson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Steve Forbes
George S Kaufman	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, 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, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Inactive Federal Political Committee, George Pataki, Trump Victory
Audrey Butvay Gruss	Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Phil Gramm, 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, Arizona Republican Party, Steve Forbes, Trump Victory
James E Smith	Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Paul Martin Simon, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
Stanley S. Hubbard	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, 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, Steve Forbes, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Trump Victory
Kenneth J Bialkin	Charles A Sanders, John McCain, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Paul Martin Simon, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Inactive Federal Political Committee, Republican Leadership Council Federal PAC, George Pataki
Peter Huizenga	John McCain, John Thune, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, Peter G Fitzgerald, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Paul Martin Simon, Donald Trump, Richard S Williamson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party of Florida, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Trump Victory
T Boone Pickens	Elizabeth Dole, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Henry John Hyde, 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, Straight Talk America, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Arena Political Action Committee, Steve Forbes, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Donald Diamond	Lamar Alexander, John McCain, Paul Ryan, George Allen, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Paul Martin Simon, Pete Wilson, 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, Inactive Federal Political Committee, Arizona Republican Party, National Republican Congressional Cmte

John Kapoor

Akorn Pharmaceuticals; Insys Therapeutics

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