{"id":"pat-stryker","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pat-stryker","language":"en","name":"Pat Stryker","name_en":"Pat Stryker","name_ne":null,"description":"American billionaire, philanthropist","headline":"American billionaire, philanthropist","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Patricia A. Stryker (born April 6, 1956) is an American billionaire businessperson, philanthropist, and political activist. Stryker is the granddaughter of Homer Stryker, founder of Stryker Corporation, a medical technology company.","summary_more":["Since the early 2000s, she has become more active in civic life.  In 2001, she founded the Bohemian Foundation, which focuses on music, arts and the community through grantmaking, programs, and events.  She donated $3 million to defeat a 2002 ballot initiative to limit bilingual education in Colorado.  In 2004, she gave $20 million to Colorado State University, mostly to benefit its football team.","Stryker bought Sonoma's Sommer Vineyards in 1999, which she rebuilt, replanted, and rechristened as Stryker Sonoma.  It covers 32 acres (129,000 m2) in Alexander Valley, California, producer of classic vinifera varieties Bordeaux and Zinfandel.  In May 2016, she sold the winery to focus on her foundation work.","As of 2021, Stryker ranks #340 on the Forbes Women 400."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1956","date":"1956"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kalamazoo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"philanthropist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12362622"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Northern Colorado","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783608"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047#P69"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Stryker","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pat Stryker born?","a":"Pat Stryker was born on 1956 in Kalamazoo."},{"q":"Where did Pat Stryker study?","a":"Pat Stryker was educated at University of Northern Colorado."}],"related":[{"name":"Eli Broad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/eli-broad"},{"name":"Julia Koch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/julia-koch"},{"name":"James R. Cargill II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/james-r-cargill-ii"},{"name":"Lynn Schusterman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lynn-schusterman"},{"name":"Molly Yard","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/molly-yard"},{"name":"Anna Ferrer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anna-ferrer"},{"name":"Anton Kochinyan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anton-kochinyan"},{"name":"Béla Breiner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bela-breiner"},{"name":"Claire Hédon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/claire-hedon"},{"name":"Ernest Labrousse","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ernest-labrousse"},{"name":"François Debeauvais","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-debeauvais"},{"name":"John Houston Burrus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-houston-burrus"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pat Stryker","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Stryker","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7144047","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144047","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pat Stryker, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Pat Stryker\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pat-stryker. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pat-stryker","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pat-stryker","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pat-stryker?lang=ne"}}