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3. George A. Lopez

Title: Chairman, President and CEO

Company: ICU Medical

FSB 100 Rank: 45

Value of stock owned: $54.6 million

Value of options: $48.9 million

Total ownership value: $103.5 million

Doc Lopez's most memorable career move was abandoning his retirement sail around the world to save ICU Medical, which began losing money and sinking into debt after he departed as CEO.

Lopez's outside interests are colorful: He goes spear fishing two to three times a year, often in the South Pacific. Among his entrepreneurial heroes is Ted Turner.

"He painted with a big swash and then he had people come in and fill in the color-by-numbers behind him," Lopez says. "Similarly, I see the big picture and leave the details to the people I surround myself with."

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Notes: Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Options valued net of their strike price. Includes 1,186,843 shares held indirectly. Mr. Lopez has the power to vote and sell these shares. Equity holdings data provided by Equilar. Due to a data collection error on the part of Equilar, the rankings have been revised since they were first posted.

LAST UPDATE: Jul 01 2008 | 12:04 PM ET