OBRIEN: We know Jon Huntsman jr. From his failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination. But his billionaire father, a four-time cancer survivor, is on his own campaign. Trying to give hundreds of millions of dollars to find cure. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has his story on today's "Human Factor."</s>JON HUNTSMAN, SR: My name is Jon Huntsman.</s>SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: If the name sounds familiar it's no coincidence. This is Jon Huntsman Sr. father of former Republican presidential candidate Jon Hunstman, Jr. Hunstman says he was born with nothing and describes his upbringing as tough. 42 years ago, he started a small plastics company in southern California.</s>HUNSTMAN: In 1973, a small team that worked with me, we invented the Big Mac hamburger container.</s>GUPTA: Over the years, that little company has grown into the Huntsman Corporation, one of the largest petrochemical plastics and industrial firms in the world. Huntsman describes himself as a deal junkie, who has also developed an addiction for giving. He has donated more than $1.2 billion so far to thousands of charities and individuals in the United States and abroad. His main charitable focus for nearly two decades, building the Huntsman Cancer Institute.</s>HUNTSMAN: I just wanted to have the best in the world. And I believe that we're -- that's where we are today.</s>GUPTA: That's because cancer has hit his family hard. His mother died from cancer. As did his father and stepmother. And Huntsman wasn't spared. He has survived prostate cancer, mouth cancer and two types of skin cancer. So he built a state-of-the-art cancer center that uses cutting edge technology to treat patients and has top scientists searching for cures.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE PATIENT: Because everyone is so happy.</s>HUNSTMAN: Right.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE PATIENT: So kind.</s>GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay gupta, CNN, reporting.
Jon Hunstman, Sr. to Help Cancer Research