Premier, Inc.
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- Nasdaq: PINC (Class A)
- Russell 1000 component
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Key people | Michael J Alkire (CEO)[1][2] |
| Revenue |  US$1.336 billion (2023) |
| US$174.887 million (2023) | |
Number of employees | 2,800 (2023) |
| Website | premierinc |
Premier, Inc. is an American healthcare company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and listed on the Nasdaq. Initially, it was a hospital buying group, pooling healthcare purchases to reduce prices.[3]
Premier became a public company via an initial public offering in September 2013, raising $760 million.[4] In 2019, two years after acquiring Stanson Health for $51.5 million, it bought the healthcare technology firm Medpricer for $35 million.[5]
In 2020, Premier partnered with McLaren Health Care to acquire a minority stake in Prestige Ameritech, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PP).[6] The following year, Michael J. Alkire was appointed as the CEO of the company.[1]
In 2025, the company agreed to be taken private by an affiliate of Patient Square Capital, an investment management firm, in a $2.6 billion deal.[7] The transaction was completed on November 25, 2025.[8]
