Ronda Stryker
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Medical equipment
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Portage, Michigan
- Education
- University of Northern Colorado (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Western Michigan University (Master of Arts)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Assets
- Stryker17,039,726 shares @ --SYK-US
Biography
Ronda Stryker is a director of Stryker Corp., the medical equipment company founded by her grandfather, Homer Stryker (d. 1980).
She owns about 5% of Stryker Corp. which she inherited from her parents; she is the only one of her siblings to serve on the board.
In 2011, she and her husband gave $100 million to create the Homer Stryker medical school at Western Michigan University.<br>
In 2016 the couple pledged $20 million to the Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine to support equitable health care.
Stryker and her husband donated $30 million to Spelman College in 2018, the largest gift from living donors in the institution's history.
About
Stryker taught special education at Kalamazoo, Michigan public schools.
Stryker received a lifetime achievement award from the YWCA in 2013 for her work as a role model for women.