Background
Thomas F. Frist, Junior. was born on August 12, 1938. His father was Thomas F. Frist, Senior His mother was Dorothy Cate.
Frist grew up in Belle Meade near Nashville.
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Education
He attended Montgomery Bell Academy, a Nashville prep school for boys. In 1958, Frist played quarterback for Master of Business Administration"s state championship football team Frist graduated from Vanderbilt University and received an Doctor of Medicine from Washington University in Saint Louis.
Career
He has four siblings: physician and United States. Senator Bill. Doctor Robert A.; Dorothy F. Boensch. And Mary F. Barfield.
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He served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force. In 1968, he co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America with his father,, Senior, and Jack C. Massey.
In 1977, he became President of Hospital Corporation of America and, in 1987, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as Chairman of the Board in 1994, after the merger with Columbia, and after the merger with HealthTrust Incorporated. in April 1995, as Vice Chairman.
He returned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company in 1997.
He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until January 2001 and Chairman until January 2002. In 2006, he took private equity investments in Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Merrill Lynch for $21 billion. He holds the record for the biggest leveraged buyout of all time and biggest PE-led IPO of all time. was replaced as Chairman by Jack Bovender.
From 1984-1995, he served on the Board of Directors of International Business Machines Corporation. He was the Chair of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce from 1999-2000.
In 2008, he co-founded the China Healthcare Corporation with Charles A. They have business interests in Cixi, China. He serves as President of Okeechobee Hospital Incorporated. and Galen Of Florida Incorporated. is President of Tomco II Limited Liability Company, an aircraft company.
In 2000, Scott Mercy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals Incorporated. and Chairman of America Service Group Incorporated., died in a crash. Similarly, in 2006, another aircraft belonging to crashed.
He was inducted into the Healthcare Hall of Fame.
He served as Vice President of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust from 1995 to 1997. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Graduates Award of Vanderbilt University. He is Chairman of the Foundation and the Center for the Visual Arts.
He also served as chair of the board of governors for United Way of America.
The Doctor, Junior. Excellence in Volunteer Leadership Award of the United Way was established in 1996.
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Membership
He is a member of The Business Council. He is a member of the Nashville Public Library Foundation.
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