Phillip Ragon

Phillip Terrence "Terry" Ragon is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded InterSystems and is the current CEO.

Early life and education

The son of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Ragon was born in Arizona. He grew up in a variety of states and graduated from high school in Bogota, Colombia. He graduated from MIT in 1971 with an B.S. in physics.[1]

Career

In 1978, Phillip Ragon founded InterSystems Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to develop and sell database management and healthcare information systems. He is currently the CEO and owner.[2]

Ragon is a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows, and a member of MIT Corporation (the governing body of MIT)[3]

Philanthropy

In March 2017, Ragon, and wife Susan, signed The Giving Pledge, vowing to donate at least half of their money to philanthropic causes.[4][5]

In 2009, Ragon pledged to donate US $100 million over 10 years period for AIDS research through the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) after witnessing the plight of the disease in South Africa.[6] The Ragons donated $200 million to MGH in 2019, the largest donation in the hospital's history.[7]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon". intersystems.com. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  3. "Board of Fellows | Harvard Medical School". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  4. "Another Massachusetts couple pledges to give away most of their wealth". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  5. "Billionaire couple living in Massachusetts pledges half their wealth to philanthropy". masslive.com. Mar 2, 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  7. "Mass General Receives $200 Million for Ragon Institute". massgeneral.org. May 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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