internal
Saum Sutaria, M.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
4 yr
5 reports
Tenet Healthcare Corporation ·THC
COO centrally controls hospitals and enterprise strategy
Health Care · Fortune #206 · Divisional structure · 86K employees · Dallas, TX
4
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 7)
2
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
3.6 yr
Avg tenure
60%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$21.3B
Operating income
$3.5B
Net income
$1.1B
Total assets
$29.7B
Shares out
87M
Sourced from Tenet Healthcare Corporation DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-16 ↗ View on SEC
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COO centrally controls hospitals and enterprise strategy. This page maps Tenet Healthcare’s enterprise-led divisional structure, detailing CEO and C-suite reporting lines, recent leadership changes, compensation, board governance, and peer comparisons for analysts and researchers.
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Latest signal Paola M. Arbour departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Announced retirement effective December 31, 2026 with transition through April 1, 2028 (April 9, 2026).
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The people
Who's running this
5 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Lisa Y. Foo
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Operations
1 yr
0 reports
internal
Thomas W. Arnst
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Legal & Administration
4 yr
0 reports
Sun Park
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
2 yr
1 reports
Paola M. Arbour
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
7 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Saum Sutaria $43.1M
- Base salary
- $1.50M
- Stock awards
- $31.68M
- Non-equity incentive
- $9.00M
- Other
- $932K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Tenet Healthcare Corporation divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Hospital Operations
55K employees
Chief Operating Officer (Lisa Y. Foo)
Operates Tenet’s acute care and specialty hospitals and employed physician networks.
Ambulatory Care (USPI)
30K employees
Chief Operating Officer (Lisa Y. Foo)
Manages ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals through USPI.
Finance
1K employees
Chief Financial Officer (Sun Park)
Oversees financial reporting, capital structure, accounting, and investor relations.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
The most distinctive feature of Tenet’s structure is the concentration of operational, strategic, and growth authority under the COO.
Lisa Foo oversees hospital operations while also controlling enterprise strategy, business development, marketing, procurement, and data/AI, creating an unusually broad COO remit. This centralization reflects Tenet’s two-division model—Hospital Operations and Ambulatory Care—while avoiding separate divisional CEOs.
Finance, legal, and IT remain classic enterprise functions reporting directly to the CEO. The absence of separate presidents for Hospital Operations or USPI indicates that Tenet prioritizes tight corporate control over capital allocation, growth, and cost discipline across its care settings.
- COO controls both operations and enterprise strategy
- No divisional CEOs for hospital or ambulatory segments
The comparison
How Tenet Healthcare Corporation stacks up
Compared with peers such as HCA Healthcare and Universal Health Services, Tenet runs a more centralized operating model. HCA typically separates hospital division leadership more clearly, while Tenet concentrates authority at the enterprise level. This design aligns Tenet more closely with asset-rotating, …
C-suite size
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
5
Encompass Health
6
Reporting depth
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
3 levels
5 levels
5 levels
5 levels
Encompass Health
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
4 yr
6 yr
Encompass Health
6 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
Tenet Healthcare Corporation ✓ COO — no CAIO
Encompass Health — no COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential change is CIO Paola Arbour’s announced retirement with a two-year transition period.
- departedPaola M. Arbour Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Announced retirement effective December 31, 2026 with transition through April 1, 2028 (April 9, 2026).
Source - newJ. Michael Grooms Senior Vice President & Controller
Appointed April 6, 2026; succeeds R. Scott Ramsey as Principal Accounting Officer effective May 1, 2026.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-16
- CEO
- Saum Sutaria, M.D.
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 3.6 yr
COO role expanded to include enterprise strategy and AI oversight.
Named executive officers (5)
- Saum Sutaria - CEO since 2021
- Sun Park - CFO since 2024
- Lisa Foo - COO since 2025
- Thomas Arnst - CAO/GC since 2021
- Paola Arbour - CIO since 2018
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Tenet Healthcare?
Saum Sutaria, M.D. has served as CEO since September 2021 and Chairman since August 2023.
What type of organizational structure does Tenet Healthcare use?
Tenet uses a divisional structure with centralized enterprise leadership over hospital and ambulatory segments.
How many direct reports does Tenet Healthcare's CEO have?
The CEO has four direct enterprise-level reports.
How has Tenet Healthcare's leadership changed recently?
In 2026, Tenet announced the planned retirement of CIO Paola Arbour and appointed J. Michael Grooms as Controller.
Does Tenet Healthcare have a COO?
Yes. Lisa Y. Foo was promoted to COO in May 2025 and holds an unusually broad operational and strategic mandate.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Apr 2026
- 8-K Filing, Mar 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Tenet Healthcare Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Tenet Healthcare Corporation 10-K Annual Report
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