Ardoino vs Frist Jr.
Tether and HCA Healthcare.
The differences
- Forbes puts Paolo Ardoino about $0.6B ahead of Thomas Frist Jr..Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
- Paolo Ardoino: built it up. Thomas Frist Jr.: co-founded it.
- Thomas Frist Jr. is about 46 years older than Paolo Ardoino.
- Paolo Ardoino is from Italy; Thomas Frist Jr. is from United States.
Put someone else on either side
Side by side
Ardoino
Frist Jr.The money
- Net worth, Forbes
- $38BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- $37.4BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $18.2BBloomberg, 30 Aug 2026
- $41.5BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 56Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- No. 59Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- Billionaire since
- 2025First on Forbes' annual World's Billionaires list in 2025, at No. 293
- Not stated
Where it came from
- How it started
- Built it upJoined Bitfinex as a software developer in 2014, became Tether's CTO in 2017 and its CEO in December 2023
- Co-founded itFounded Hospital Corporation of America in 1968 with his father, Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr., and Jack Massey
- Main source
- Stake in Tether HoldingsBloomberg: the bulk of his net worth comes from Tether Holdings; he is also a Bitfinex shareholder
- HCA Healthcare stock, and cash from HCA share sales and dividendsBloomberg: $32.4 billion in HCA stock and $9.18 billion in cash
- Companies
- Tether, BitfinexTether: CEO; Bitfinex: Chief technology officer
- HCA HealthcareHCA Healthcare: Co-founder; no executive position
- Biggest stake
- Tether20% owned
- HCA Healthcare27% owned
The person
- Born
- 1984Northern Italy
- 12 Aug 1938Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Country
- Italy
- United States
- Education
- Not statedComputer science, University of Genoa
- Graduate degreeMD, Washington University School of Medicine (1965); bachelor's degree, Vanderbilt University (1961)
- Parents
- Not stated
- Father Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr. was a Nashville cardiologist and internal medicine specialist who co-founded HCA with him
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Not stated
- The Frist FoundationFounded by HCA in 1982 and later made independent; he chairs it
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- Runs the companyCEO of Tether; chief technology officer of Bitfinex
- Founder, no executive roleCo-founder of HCA Healthcare; chairman of the Frist Foundation
- Successor
- Not stated
- 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
- None found
- None found
- Legal record
- None found
- None found
