public traded as nyse vhs industry hospitals fate acquired by tenet healthcare founded 1997 headquarters nashville tennessee united states number of locations 26 key people charles n. martin ceo kent h. wallace coo revenue 4.90 billion 1 net income 7.3 million 1 number of employees over 36 800 website vanguardhealth.com vanguard health systems was an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in five u.s. states arizona illinois massachusetts michigan and texas . 2 the company s headquarters were located in nashville tennessee . vanguard owned twenty six hospitals including the ten detroit medical center hospitals in detroit michigan five in san antonio texas four in the chicago area four in the phoenix arizona area and controlled an additional three hospitals through joint ventures for a total of 6 201 licensed beds as of 2012 update . 3 on february 26 2001 charles n. martin jr. chairman president and ceo of vanguard health systems in nashville and other investors invested 3.2 million to the combined companies of health connections inc. and coactive systems corporation . 4 charles n. martin former ceo of ornda healthcorp started vanguard with funding from morgan stanley . 5 the blackstone group acquired a majority stake in vanguard in 2004 . 6 the company went public in 2011 with blackstone continuing to have a controlling stake . 7 vanguard was acquired by tenet healthcare in 2013 . 8 hospital systems edit abrazo health care arizona heart hospital arizona heart institute arrowhead hospital baptist health system detroit medical center louis a. weiss memorial hospital macneal hospital maryvale hospital medical center paradise valley hospital arizona phoenix baptist hospital & medical center westlake hospital west suburban medical center west valley hospital references edit a b vanguard health systems inc. . retrieved 2012 06 03 . hospitals . vanguard health systems . retrieved 2007 05 12 . annual report on sec form 10 k . june 30 2011 . retrieved 2012 03 06 . health connections inc. and coactive systems corporation merge . warner susan july 26 1998 . 2 companies take an interest in allegheny . philadelphia inquirer . philadelphia pennsylvania knight ridder . retrieved november 3 2013 . us blackstone buys vanguard health systems for 1.75 bn . altassets . london almeida capital . 24 sep 2004 . retrieved november 3 2013 . vanguard health rises in first day of trading in new york jacobson gary 1 october 2013 . tenet completes 4.3 billion acquisition of vanguard health systems . the dallas morning news . dallas a. h. belo . retrieved 11 3 2013 . check date values in access date help external links edit v t e tenet healthcare key people trevor fetter president ceo chairman dan cancelmi cfo keith pitts vice chairman britt reynolds president hospital operations audrey andrews svp & general counsel subsidiaries abrazo community health network aspen healthcare carondelet health network conifer health solutions medpost urgent care united surgical partners international vanguard health systems current hospitals selected arizona heart hospital arizona heart institute arrowhead hospital atlanta medical center baptist health system claremont hospital detroit medical center emanuel medical center good samaritan medical center west palm beach florida hahnemann university hospital louis a. weiss memorial hospital maryvale hospital paradise valley hospital arizona phoenix baptist hospital & medical center st. christopher s hospital for children st. mary s hospital waterbury sierra vista regional medical center west valley hospital category commons v t e the blackstone group founders peter george peterson stephen a. schwarzman business services cms computers rgis sungard minority shareholder consumer retail michaels joint control performance food group pinnacle foods united biscuits financial services bankunited minority stake healthmarkets minority stake fgic minority stake healthcare biomet emcure pharmaceuticals investment vanguard 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