SIDKA

SIDKA

SIDKA was established by Kent Thiry, who served as chairman and CEO of DaVita from 1999 through 2019. During his tenure, the company grew from a struggling operator of roughly 70 dialysis centers into one of the largest kidney-care providers in the United States, generating the wealth that now funds the family office. Thiry's compensation as a public-company executive, including equity awards accumulated over two decades, forms the disclosed wealth origin. The office invests across private equity, real estate, and public securities. SIDKA has pursued direct control investments in operating businesses, with confirmed holdings including a majority stake in Denver-based Oxford Finance, a specialty lending platform, and ownership of the historic Brown Palace Hotel through a joint venture. The geographic focus centers on Colorado and the Mountain West, though the office has evaluated opportunities nationally. SIDKA engages in direct deals rather than fund commitments, often as a lead or sole institutional investor. Team size is not publicly disclosed, but the office operates from Denver. In November 2022, Kent Thiry published a book, "The People's Game: How to Save Democracy by Rewriting the Rules of the Economy," articulating the civic philosophy that now runs alongside the investment activity. Thiry has also supported Colorado ballot initiatives on redistricting reform and open primaries through separate non-investment structures. SIDKA's distinguishing feature is the direct entanglement of its investment capital with its principal's political-reform activity. The office sits at the intersection of private-capital deployment and what Thiry terms "restoring the promise of democracy" — a posture that makes SIDKA unusual among single-family offices, which typically wall off civic work inside a foundation. This fusion shapes both the sectors it enters and the governance expectations it places on operating partners.