Forrest Preston | |
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| Born | （1933年3月22日）March 22, 1933[1] Massachusetts, US |
| Alma mater | Walla Walla College Oregon State University |
| Spouse | Kathleen Marchant (d.2017) |
Forrest Lee Preston (born March 22, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder, owner, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Life Care Centers of America, a long-term elderly care company that he founded in 1970.
Early life
Forrest Lee Preston was born and raised in Massachusetts, the son of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor father,[2][3] Benjamin M. Preston and his wife Ethel Preston.[4] His father died in 1994, and Preston endowed the Benjamin M. Preston scholarship at Atlantic Union College, of which his father was an alumnus.[5]
He was educated at Walla Walla College and Oregon State University.[6] His original intent was to become a medical doctor, and he became a certified X-Ray technician.[7]
Career
Preston moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, in the late 1950s a few years after his brother Winton Russell Preston, who had come to study at Southern Missionary College in nearby Collegedale.[4][7]
Together with his brother Winton, he co-founded a company called Hospital Publications to create patient booklets and public relations materials for hospitals, and the company operated until 1972.[4] The idea had come from his work in hospitals, where he concluded that there was a need for better public relations in the healthcare system. Through this business, he observed the conditions of elderly patients in hospitals, and concluded that there was a need for better long-term care.[7]
In 1970, Preston founded Life Care Centers of America in Cleveland, and is the sole owner, chairman and CEO.[8] It later grew to be the largest privately owned long-term care facility chain and the third largest privately owned long-term care facility in the United States.[2]
As of September 2015, he had an estimated net worth of US$2.1 billion.[6]
Personal life
Preston was married to Kathleen Marchant (1936–2017) until her death.[9] He lives in Cleveland.[6] His residence is located near the residence of fellow businessman Allan Jones.[2][1] He is of the Baptist faith, and attends First Baptist Church in Cleveland.[9]
彼は2018年に元介護者のキム・フォン・グエンと結婚した。2024年10月、息子のオーブリーは父親の財産をめぐってキムとその家族を相手取って訴訟を起こした。[10]
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- ^ abc Green, Alex (2015年4月27日). 「フォレスト・プレストンがライフケアセンターを業界最大の非公開企業に育て上げた方法」timesfreepress . 2015年9月13日閲覧。
- ^ 「クリーブランド、テネシー州」citiesofpromise.com 2015年9月21日. 2017年11月5日閲覧。
- ^ abc 「Preston, Winton Russell」、chattanoogan、2010年1月10日。 2015年9月13日閲覧。
- ^ 「人生において神の導きに従う」(PDF)。2016年3月4日時点のオリジナル(PDF)からアーカイブ。
- ^ abc 「フォレスト・プレストン」フォーブス誌2016年9月16日閲覧。
- ^ abc 「プレストン氏が年間最優秀名誉卒業生に選出」リー大学2017年11月12日. 2017年11月20日閲覧。
- ^ 「エグゼクティブプロフィール フォレスト・L・プレストン」ブルームバーグ2015年9月13日閲覧。
- ^ ジェマイマ・マケボイ（2024年11月9日）「億万長者の息子、父親のかなり若い妻が父親を虐待し、強盗していると主張」フォーブス誌。 2024年11月9日閲覧。。
