100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2018
Rank 64
Kent Thiry
Chairman and CEO, DaVita
Thiry is chairman and CEO of DaVita and CEO of DaVita HealthCare Partners, a leading operator of dialysis centers in the U.S. and abroad. DaVita's profit climbed to $267.3 million in the second quarter of 2018, compared with $127 million in the prior-year quarter. Earlier this year, DaVita announced the sale of its primary-care clinics to New Enterprise Associates, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, for a reported $100 million.