John Abele
Encyclopedia
John Abele is an American
businessman and the co-founder and a director of Boston Scientific
, a medical device
company.
His father, LCDR
Mannert Lincoln Abele, USN was Commanding Officer of the submarine USS Grunion when the vessel was lost in the Aleutians on July 31, 1942 presumably to enemy action. Abele funded research to locate the Grunion, which was found in the Bering Sea
.
Abele co-founded Boston Scientific
with Peter Nicholas
. In 2006, he was ranked #258 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. In 2005 he was ranked #132 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $4 billion.
He is a graduate of Amherst College
, where he previously served as a trustee.
He was the Founding Chairman of the Board for FIRST
robotics, and served as chairman from 2002 to 2010.
Abele is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival
's Advisory Board.
United States
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businessman and the co-founder and a director of Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific
The Boston Scientific Corporation , is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention,...
, a medical device
Medical device
A medical device is a product which is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy or surgery . Whereas medicinal products achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means. Medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, thermal,...
company.
His father, LCDR
LCDR
LCDR may refer to:* The London, Chatham and Dover Railway* The rank of lieutenant commander...
Mannert Lincoln Abele, USN was Commanding Officer of the submarine USS Grunion when the vessel was lost in the Aleutians on July 31, 1942 presumably to enemy action. Abele funded research to locate the Grunion, which was found in the Bering Sea
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....
.
Abele co-founded Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific
The Boston Scientific Corporation , is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention,...
with Peter Nicholas
Peter Nicholas (businessman)
Peter M. Nicholas co-founded medical device firm Boston Scientific with partner John Abele.Nicholas earned a B.A. from Duke University in 1964 and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Nicholas is Chairman Emeritus of the Duke Board of Trustees...
. In 2006, he was ranked #258 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. In 2005 he was ranked #132 by Forbes Magazine's list of "The World's Richest People," with an estimated net worth of $4 billion.
He is a graduate of Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, where he previously served as a trustee.
He was the Founding Chairman of the Board for FIRST
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
robotics, and served as chairman from 2002 to 2010.
Abele is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival
USA Science and Engineering Festival
USA Science and Engineering Festival was a science festival in Washington, D.C. that founder Larry Book deemed the country’s first national science festival. The inaugural event was held from October 10, 2010 through October 24, 2010 and was planned to be a yearly event. The two week festival...
's Advisory Board.