COMPANY

Hospital Corporation of America, founded in 1968 by Thomas Frist, Sr. and Thomas Frist, Jr., the father and brother of former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, respectively. The firm runs 200 hospitals, the largest chain in the United States. Acquired in 2006 by a private equity consortium including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

Official Website:
http://www.hcahealthcare.com/

Industry:
Health

Ticker:
NYSE:HCA (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Nashville, TN

Sales:
$21.8B (2003)

Employees:
135,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.	Business	16-Aug-1945		CEO of HCA
Richard M. Bracken	Business	c. 1952		President and COO of HCA
Thomas Frist, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Co-Founder of HCA
James D. Shelton	Business	21-Jul-1953		CEO of Triad Hospitals, 1999-2007

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christopher J. Birosak	Business	c. 1957		Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
George A. Bitar	Business	c. 1965		Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.	Business	16-Aug-1945		CEO of HCA
Richard M. Bracken	Business	c. 1952		President and COO of HCA
John Connaughton	Business	c. 1967		Bain Capital
Thomas Frist, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Co-Founder of HCA
Thomas F. Frist III	Business	c. 1968		Frist Capital Partners
Chris Gordon	Business	c. 1973		Bain Capital
Michael W. Michelson	Business	c. 1952		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James C. Momtazee	Business	c. 1972		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steven G. Pagliuca	Business	c. 1955		Bain Capital
Peter Stavros	Business	c. 1974		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Nathan C. Thorne	Business	c. 1954		President, Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
C. Michael Armstrong	Business	18-Oct-1938		CEO of Comcast, 2002-04
J. Michael Cook	Business	16-Sep-1942		CEO of Deloitte & Touche, 1989-99
Martin Feldstein	Economist	25-Nov-1939		Reagan economist
Frederick W. Gluck	Business	c. 1935		Vice Chairman of Bechtel, 1994-98
Glenda Hatchett	TV Personality	14-Dec-1951		Judge Hatchett
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.	Business	1948		CEO of DuPont
John H. McArthur	Educator	1934		Dean of Harvard Business School, 1980-95
Richard Rainwater	Business	1944		Billionaire investor
Carl E. Reichardt	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1983-94
Frank S. Royal	Doctor	c. 1939		Family practitioner, Richmond
Harold T. Shapiro	Educator	8-Jun-1935		President of Princeton, 1988-2000

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