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. Merged 1994 with Columbia Hospital, and was known as Columbia/HCA until 1999. Implicated in a large Medicare fraud in 1997, forcing the ouster of its CEO, Rick Scott. Acquired in 2006 by a private equity consortium including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

The firm runs 200 hospitals, the largest chain in the United States.

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, 2002-09
Richard M. Bracken	Business	c. 1952		CEO of HCA
W. Larry Cash	Business	c. 1948		CFO of Community Health Systems
Thomas Frist, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Co-Founder of HCA
R. Milton Johnson	Business	15-Dec-1956		President and CFO of HCA
Rick Scott	Politician	1-Dec-1952		Governor of Florida
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
Richard M. Bracken	Business	c. 1952		CEO 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
R. Milton Johnson	Business	15-Dec-1956		President and CFO of HCA
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
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.	Business	16-Aug-1945		CEO of HCA, 2002-09
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, 1998-2008
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
Rick Scott	Politician	1-Dec-1952		Governor of Florida
Harold T. Shapiro	Educator	8-Jun-1935		President of Princeton, 1988-2000

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