💰Dean Kamen Net worth: $500 million
About
CEO of the Deka Technology company that invented the Segway scooter.
Before Fame
He invented a wearable infusion pump, AutoSyringe, to pump nutrients into patients on the go while he was still an undergraduate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Trivia
He held more than 400 patents, many of them in the medical field.
Family Life
His father Jack Kamen was a longtime Illustrator for EC Comics publications like Weird Science and Mad magazine.
Associated With
He joined pioneers like Jane Goodall as a recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal, which was awarded by the Franklin Institute, in 2011.
