p 500 component traded as nyse vtr industry real estate investment trust founded 1998 headquarters chicago key people debra cafaro chairman and ceo revenue us 3.076 billion 2014 1 net income us 475.8 million 2014 1 website http www.ventasreit.com ventas inc. a real estate investment trust reit invests primarily in real estate serving the united states healthcare industry . the company acquires develops leases disposes and manages healthcare real estate . as of 2014 it is a fortune 1000 corporation . history edit the company was founded in 1998 as a spin off of vencor 2 a company founded by bruce lunsford who would later be an unsuccessful democratic candidate for governor of kentucky in 2007 and an unsuccessful nominee for senator from kentucky in 2008 . according to richard daft and carol hymowitz then ceo debra cafaro anticipated the 2008 financial crisis . her insistence on building cash reserves before the crisis ensured that the company made it through the crisis successfully . 3 4 ventas acquired the real estate investments of ardent health services in 2015 . 5 references edit a b 10 k 2014 for ventas inc. . sec . retrieved 29 april 2015 . vencor agrees to settlement deal . sarasota herald tribune . the associated press . 21 march 2001 . retrieved 24 april 2015 . daft richard 2011 . management . cengage learning . hymowitz carol 28 april 2010 . ventas chief debra cafaro s recipe for succes . fortune magazine . retrieved 24 april 2015 . chen angela july 7 2015 . equity group investments to take majority stake in ardent s hospital operations deal values ardent at about 475 million . the wall street journal . retrieved january 11 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ventas company & oldid 716040025 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangehealth care companies of the united statesreal estate investment trusts navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 april 2016 at 13 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view