Kent Thiry

Kent Thiry holds an incredibly elite corporate background, earning a political science degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Before rescuing DaVita, his highly rigorous background as a partner at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, followed by his role as president of the healthcare firm Vivra, gave him the precise financial and operational expertise required to execute massive corporate turnarounds.

Kent Thiry is a highly prominent American business executive and the transformative former CEO of DaVita Inc., a massive Fortune 250 kidney dialysis operator. In 1999, Thiry took over 'Total Renal Care,' a company teetering on the absolute brink of bankruptcy. He immediately executed a highly aggressive, culturally driven turnaround, famously rebranding the company as 'DaVita' (Italian for 'to give life'). Known for his incredibly intense, mission-driven leadership style, he often referred to the company as a 'Village' and employees as 'teammates.' Under his strategic direction, DaVita scaled from $1 billion to over $11 billion in revenue, completely dominating the American dialysis market alongside Fresenius before he stepped down to focus on political philanthropy.