Schmidt vs Frist Jr.

Alphabet (Google) and HCA Healthcare.

The differences

Forbes puts Eric Schmidt about $0.6B ahead of Thomas Frist Jr..Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Eric Schmidt: built it up. Thomas Frist Jr.: co-founded it.
Thomas Frist Jr. is about 17 years older than Eric Schmidt.
Eric Schmidt has held a public or government advisory role; Thomas Frist Jr. has none on record.

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Schmidt

Frist Jr.

Net worth, Forbes: $38BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $37.4BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $58.9BBloomberg, 11 Oct 2026; $41.5BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 58Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 59Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; Not stated

How it started: Built it upNot a founder: joined Google as board chairman in March 2001, then CEO from 2001 to 2011; his fortune is mostly the Alphabet stock he acquired there; Co-founded itFounded Hospital Corporation of America in 1968 with his father, Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr., and Jack Massey
Main source: Alphabet stockBloomberg: 'The majority of Eric Schmidt's fortune is derived from a 1% economic interest in Alphabet'; HCA Healthcare stock, and cash from HCA share sales and dividendsBloomberg: $32.4 billion in HCA stock and $9.18 billion in cash
Companies: Alphabet (Google), Relativity SpaceAlphabet (Google): None; former CEO and chairman; Relativity Space: CEO and executive chairman; HCA HealthcareHCA Healthcare: Co-founder; no executive position
Biggest stake: Alphabet (Google)1% owned; HCA Healthcare27% owned

Born: 27 Apr 1955Washington, D.C., United States; 12 Aug 1938Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Atherton, California, United States; United States
Education: Graduate degreeBS electrical engineering, Princeton (1976); MS (1979) and PhD (1982) in computer science, University of California, Berkeley; Graduate degreeMD, Washington University School of Medicine (1965); bachelor's degree, Vanderbilt University (1961)
Parents: Grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia, where his father Wilson Schmidt was a professor of economics at Virginia Tech; Father Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr. was a Nashville cardiologist and internal medicine specialist who co-founded HCA with him

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Schmidt Family FoundationWith his wife Wendy he also founded Schmidt Ocean Institute, Schmidt Futures (2017) and Schmidt Sciences (2024); The Frist FoundationFounded by HCA in 1982 and later made independent; he chairs it
Lifetime giving: $2BForbes, date not stated. Forbes: Wendy Schmidt 'has helped direct more than $2 billion in philanthropy alongside her husband Eric'; a joint figure, undated; Not stated

Role now: Runs the companyCEO and executive chairman of Relativity Space; Founder, no executive roleCo-founder of HCA Healthcare; chairman of the Frist Foundation
Successor: Larry Page took back the Google CEO job from him in 2011No Schmidt family member is named in a Google executive role; Jack O. Bovender Jr. succeeded him as HCA chairman in 2002; his sons Thomas Frist III and William Frist are HCA board members
Public office: Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Chairman, Defense Innovation Board (US Department of Defense); Chairman, US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; Member, NASA National Space Council User Advisory Group2009-2017; 2016-2020; three years, including 2020; two years, including 2020; None found
Legal record: None found; None found