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Taking over his father's small drug distribution business, Rahr built Kinray into a $4 billion pharmaceutical distributor serving independent pharmacies across the Northeast — then sold it to Cardinal Health for $1.3 billion in one of the industry's most successful exits.
Stewart Rahr is the founder of Kinray, one of the largest U.S.
pharmaceutical distributors. He took over his father's small drug distribution business and grew it to roughly $4 billion in annual revenue, serving thousands of independent pharmacies, before selling Kinray to Cardinal Health for approximately $1.3 billion. Since the sale, Rahr has donated over $200 million to causes including cancer research, education, and disaster relief.
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