Stryker hits middle of Forbes list

FORT COLLINS – Philanthropist Pat Stryker, founder of the gift-giving nonprofit Bohemian Foundation, landed near the middle of Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s billionaires.

According to the Forbes count, based on publicly available records, Stryker’s wealth increased by $400 million, to $1.8 billion, in the six months since the magazine ranked the richest Americans in September. At that time, the publication said her net worth was $1.4 billion.

Forbes, in its world rankings released Thursday, counted 946 billionaires globally, with Stryker in the No. 557 spot.

Stryker, 50, and her two siblings, younger brother Jon Stryker and older sister Rhonda Stryker,…