Christopher Volk

Mr. Volk serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and works extensively with Tenet's Investment Committee. He has led three publicly-traded net lease REITs, including STORE Capital and Spirit Realty Finance (subsequently Spirit Realty Capital, NYSE: SRC).

Chris began his career in commercial banking, later moving to Arizona where he joined a financial services customer, eventually guiding its 1994 public offering and serving as President. It was the first of three companies he would guide and take public across three decades. The most recent of these was STORE Capital, the second company he conceived, founded and led and which made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. STORE’s strong business model would attract prominent shareholders, foremost among them Berkshire Hathaway, which became the company’s largest institutional investor. All three companies led by Chris were engaged in providing real estate lease and mortgage solutions to middle market businesses. Combined, they invested more than $20 billion in thousands of properties across the United States, with each company outperforming peer benchmarks. Chris is a frequent writer having authored numerous articles on real estate, financial statement analysis, business models, leadership, public equities and wealth creation.

He won the Lybrand Gold Medal, bestowed for the best article of the year by the Institute of Management Accountants. He was a 2019 regional winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of The Year® award and was recognized in 2022 as a distinguished alumnus by Georgia State University.