Kent Thiry

Chairman & CEO
DaVita Inc.
CEO
DaVita Medical Group

Kent J. Thiry has been chairman of the DaVita Inc. board since June 2015 and from 1999 until 2012, and chief executive officer since 1999. In 2014, Thiry also became chief executive officer of the company’s integrated care business, DaVita Medical Group. From 2012 until 2015, Thiry served as co-chairman of the board.

Prior to joining DaVita in 1999, Thiry was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Vivra Holdings, Inc., which was formed to operate the non-dialysis business of Vivra Incorporated after Gambro AB acquired the dialysis services business of Vivra in 1997. From 1992 to 1997, Thiry was the president and chief executive officer of Vivra, a provider of renal dialysis and other healthcare services. In 1992, Thiry served as president and co-chief executive officer of Vivra, and from 1991 to 1992, he was president and chief operating officer of Vivra. From 1983 to 1991, Thiry was associated with Bain & Company, first as a consultant, and then as vice president.

Thiry previously served on the board of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. from 2005 to 2009 and served as the non-executive chairman of Oxford Health Plans, Inc. until it was sold to UnitedHealth Group in 2004. As a member of management, Thiry provides significant healthcare industry experience and unique expertise regarding the DaVita’s business and operations, as well as executive leadership and management experience.