100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2023

Gordon, who joined Bain Capital in 1997, is a partner who co-leads the company’s North America Private Equity business in addition to serving as global head of its healthcare vertical. Private equity has held a prominent role in healthcare over the past few years, and Bain has been an important player. The company’s recent major investments include electronic health record company Athenahealth; Innovacare Health, which operates more than 30 clinics in Florida and Texas; and LeanTaaS, a capacity management software provider. Gordon serves on several boards of companies in which Bain has invested and has provided expert insight to many media outlets regarding the state of the industry, predicting in early 2023 that labor costs would be a factor in dealmaking.