CHAIRMAN, CEO, PRESIDENT, SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT
WHY: REIT has nearly $3B market cap; owns and invests in real estate serving the healthcare industry.
NOTABLE: Founded Bright Now Dental in 1998 and then sold it in 2010. Business Journal’s healthcare Person of Year in 2011.
FUN FACTS: USC graduate and football fan. Has side business producing documentaries and movies.
QUOTABLE: On industry going forward: “I think ‘cautious optimism’ is fair only because of how well operators have adjusted, given all the barriers they’ve had,” Matros told trade pub McKnight’s in September. “Once those barriers are removed, like testing … I think cautious optimism is a fair way to put it.”
