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Richard Lynn Scott (born December 1, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who has been the 45th Governor of Florida since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party of Florida. Born in Bloomington, Illinois, Scott is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, later receiving his law degree from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. He served in the United States Navy before starting his business career, joining the Dallas firm Johnson & Swanson, where he became partner. In 1987, at age 34, he co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation with two business partners; this merged with Hospital Corporation of America in 1989 to form Columbia/HCA and eventually became the largest private for-profit health care company in the U.S. He resigned as Chief Executive of Columbia/HCA in 1997 amid a controversy over the company's business and Medicare billing practices; the company ultimately admitted to fourteen felonies and agreed to pay the federal government over $600 million, which was the largest fraud settlement in US history. Scott was not implicated and no charges were raised against him personally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Largest Healthcare Fraud case in U.S. History Settled HCA Investigation Nets Record Total of $1.7 Billion )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The risk of choosing Scott )〕 Scott later became a venture capitalist. Scott announced his intention to run for Governor of Florida in 2010. He defeated Bill McCollum in the Republican primary election and defeated Democratic nominee Alex Sink in a close race in the general election, spending roughly $75 million of his own money in the process. In 2014 he won re-election over challenger former Republican turned Democrat Charlie Crist and others. Scott's net worth was estimated at $218.6 million in 2010, $83.8 million in 2012, and $132.7 million in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rick Scott is worth $83.8M, report shows )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Documents reveal Gov. Rick Scott net worth at least $132.7 million )〕 On July 1, 2015, it was reported that Gov. Scott's net worth had grown to $147 million.〔(Rick Scott's net worth grows to $147 million ), miamiherald.typepad.com; accessed August 16, 2015.〕 ==Early life, education, and marriage== Scott was born in Bloomington, Illinois, the second of five children in a lower middle-class financially struggling family. He was raised in North Kansas City, Missouri. His mother, Esther (née Fry; October 20, 1928 – November 13, 2012), worked as a clerk at J.C. Penney, among other jobs.〔〔(Obituary for Esther Scott ); accessed March 8, 2014.〕 His parents divorced and, in 1954, his mother married Orba Scott, Jr. (died 2006), a truck driver. Orba adopted Rick, who took his stepfather's surname.〔("Rick Scott the TV image well known, Rick Scott the man is not" ); accessed March 8, 2014.〕 He graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1970, and then attended one year of community college and enlisted in the United States Navy, also in 1970.〔 Scott was in the U.S. Navy for 29 months〔 and served on the as a radar technician. Scott made his first foray into business while working his way through college and law school, initially buying and reviving a failing donut shop, the Flavor Maid Do-Nut, and revived it by adding workplace delivery, which his father ran, instead of relying on foot traffic. He later bought and revived another donut shop. He attended college on the GI Bill, later graduating from the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earned a law degree by working his way through Southern Methodist University. He was licensed by the Texas Bar to practice law on November 6, 1978.〔(Profile ), State Bar of Texas website; accessed June 7, 2014.〕 On April 20, 1972, Scott married his high school sweetheart, Frances Annette Holland. He was 19 years old and she was 20; the couple has two daughters.〔 The Scotts live in Naples and are founding members of Naples Community Church.〔(Rick Scott biography ), rickscottforflorida.com; accessed June 7, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Scott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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