Patrick Soon-Shiong - immigrant, doctor, billionaire, and soon, newspaper owner - starts a new era at the L.A. Times
(LA Times Dodgers)

Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong - one of L.A.`s wealthiest residents - is expected to take ownership of the Los Angeles Times this month. It would be his highest-profile venture in a long and lucrative career that began halfway around the world in apartheid South Africa.