# Kerry Hicks

> Kerry R. Hicks is a Colorado-based founder, executive and investor who co-founded and led Healthgrades, helped guide its 2010 sale to Vestar Capital Partners, and later led KMG Capital Partners from 2012 to 2025. He is partner and co-chairman of HW Investment Partners, executive chairman of Circuit Clinical and a director of TriSalus Life Sciences.

- **Role:** Partner and Co-Chairman at HW Investment Partners
- **Organizations:** HW Investment Partners, Healthgrades (former), KMG Capital Partners (former), Specialty Care Network (former), LBA Healthcare Management (former), Circuit Clinical, TriSalus Life Sciences, Caduceus Medical Holdings, PhysicianX, Colorado State University Institute for Entrepreneurship, Kitchen One-For-One, SOX Place
- **Education:** B.S. in Management, Colorado State University, MBA, Colorado State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Healthgrades through its 2010 sale to Vestar Capital Partners., Served as KMG Capital Partners partner, CEO and president from 2012 to 2025., Serves as chair of the TriSalus nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of its audit committee, as listed in the March 2026 proxy.

## Career timeline

- **1985–1995** — Senior vice president at LBA Healthcare Management.
- **1995** — Began leading Specialty Care Network, the predecessor company to Healthgrades.
- **1998** — Healthgrades founding year used in his current HW Investment Partners biography.
- **1999-12** — Personally lent the predecessor company $2 million, part of $3.35 million lent by four executives to enable the purchase of a minority interest in an internet ratings business.
- **2010-07** — Healthgrades and Vestar announced an $8.20-per-share acquisition agreement with an aggregate equity purchase price of approximately $294 million.
- **2010-10** — Vestar dates its Healthgrades investment to October 2010.
- **2012** — Concluded his Healthgrades CEO tenure and began investment leadership at KMG Capital Partners.
- **2016** — Began roles as executive chairman of Circuit Clinical and co-chairman and partner of HW Investment Partners, according to the 2026 TriSalus proxy.
- **2021-04** — Joined the TriSalus board.
- **2024** — Served as a Venture RAMS Business Showcase judge at Colorado State University.
- **2025** — KMG partner, CEO and president tenure ended, according to current HW biography and 2026 TriSalus proxy.
- **2025-10** — Served as a 43North Finals judge in Buffalo.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Healthgrades through its 2010 sale to Vestar Capital Partners.
- Served as KMG Capital Partners partner, CEO and president from 2012 to 2025.
- Serves as chair of the TriSalus nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of its audit committee, as listed in the March 2026 proxy.
- Served on the judging panels of the 2025 43North Finals and 2024 Venture RAMS Business Showcase.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — TriSalus’s 2026 proxy lists Hicks as a director, audit committee member and nominating and corporate governance committee chair; it records his KMG tenure as 2012–2025.
- **2025-10** — Joined the 43North Finals judging panel in Buffalo, where eight startups competed for five $1 million investments.

## Links

- Website: https://hwinvestpartners.com/about-us-1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-hicks-81aa97150

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Last updated: 2026-10-23