Peter Nicholas' House

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 2005 he was ranked #78 by Forbes magazine's list of "The 400 Richest Americans", with an estimated worth of $4 billion.

He is currently worth $1.1B.

He divides his time between Natick, a suburb of Boston, Woods Hole and Boca Grande, on the Gulf Coast of Florida.