Pat Stryker
Pat Stryker (born 1956) controls Stryker Corp., a medical supply company founded by her late grandfather, Homer (death 1980), with siblings Ronda and Jon.
The company began selling hospital beds; later specialty stretchers, and cast cutters.
The low-profile heiress has been more active in civic life in recent years. She donated $3 million to defeat 2002 a ballot initiative regarding bilingual education in Colorado. In 2004, she gave $20 million to Colorado State University, mostly to benefit its football team.
She bought Sonoma's Sommer Vineyards in 1999, rebuilt, replanted, changed name to Stryker Sonoma [1]: 32 acres (129,000 m²) in Alexander Valley, producer of classic vinifera varieties Bordeaux and Zinfandel.