Phillip Frost

Pharmaceutical billionaire; charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in "pump and dump" scheme in September 2018

Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Opko Health, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Former dermatologist sold drug manufacturer Ivax to Teva Pharmaceuticals for $7.6 billion in 2005; elected chairman of Teva last March. Teva, where he holds large chunk of fortune, has seen stock price drop by 15% over last year. Also invested in slew of biotech startups, including Miami-based biopharma company Opko Health, Inc., and medical device company SafeStitch LLC. Took over Key Pharmaceuticals with partner Michael Jaharis 1972; created new delivery systems for old drugs. Sold to Schering-Plough in 1986; founded Ivax the following year to develop generic pharmaceuticals and veterinary products. Vice chair of Teva, trustee of the Scripps Research Institute. With wife, Patricia, gives away millions of dollars a year to the arts.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

University of Miami Private research university in Coral Gables, Florida

• Trustee - Senior Member

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Investment Bank

• Chairman

Northrop Grumman Corporation

• Director (past)

Smithsonian Institution

• Regent

Positions

Scripps Research Institute Private, non-profit research organization engaged in basic biomedical science.

• Member, Board of Trustees

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 13

American Crossroads Super PAC that raises funds from donors to advocate for certain candidates of the Republican Party.

• 4 contributions · 220,000 USD ('12→Oct 14 '14)

DNC-Non-Federal Individual

• 2 contributions · 200,000 USD ('92→'00)

DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account

• 3 contributions · 170,000 USD ('96→'00)

Right to Rise USA Jeb Bush's super PAC

• 6 contributions · 150,000 USD (Apr 30 '15→Jun 30 '15)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 5 contributions · 133,600 USD ('08→Sep 30 '16)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 9 contributions · 100,500 USD ('89→'07)

Dcccc Non-Federal Account 5

• 1 contribution · 100,000 USD ('00)

Dscc/Non-Fed Unincorp Assoc

• 2 contributions · 100,000 USD ('00→Sep 21 '00)

Romney Victory

• 2 contributions · 80,000 USD (Oct 31 '12→Nov 1 '12)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 3 contributions · 57,500 USD ('97→'07)

Family

Patricia Frost

• wife

Schools

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Medical Doctor

University of Pennsylvania Private, Ivy League university founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740 as one of the nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence

• Bachelor of Arts / Science