Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer · DAVITA INC. (DVA)

Kathleen Waters

A named executive officer of DAVITA in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,943,645

FY2023: $5,607,577

4th of 5 named executive officers at Davita by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for DAVITA, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 22, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Kathleen Waters compensation by year

DAVITA Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as DAVITA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$334,385$540,000$540,000$566,154$633,462$642,308$650,000$684,615$750,000
Bonus$740,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$533,004$274,361$3,527,445$1,493,750$2,189,681$1,828,766$1,896,006$3,703,459$2,034,334
Option awards$402,033$310,758$547,186$1,138,888$530,056$519,415$558,922$0$479,982
Non-equity incentive$0$615,000$646,045$1,873,875$859,300$629,705$423,874$1,215,663$662,664
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$200$23,585$3,840$3,840$3,840$3,840$3,840$3,840$16,665
Total$2,009,622$1,763,704$5,264,516$5,076,507$4,216,339$3,624,034$3,532,642$5,607,577$3,943,645

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: DAVITA INC. DEF 14A filed April 22, 2026, accession 0000927066-26-000053, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the DAVITA INC. filed document, accession 0000927066-26-000053. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 22, 2026.

$2.0M
$1.8M
$5.3M
$5.1M
$4.2M
$3.6M
$3.5M
$5.6M
$3.9M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU51,330$5,831,601—
RSU21,074$2,394,217—
RSU20,078$2,281,062—
RSU18,411$2,091,674—
RSU7,025$798,110—
RSU4,829$548,623—
RSU3,346$380,139—
RSU1,989$225,970—
Option7,954—$110.63
Option9,263—$143.45

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in DAVITA INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

DAVITA’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Javier RodriguezChief Executive Officer$18,210,597
Joel AckermanChief Financial Officer and Treasurer$6,129,962
David MaughanChief Operating Officer, DaVita Kidney Care$5,592,259
Kathleen Waters · this pageChief Legal and Public Affairs Officer$3,943,645
James HeartyChief Compliance Officer$1,962,115

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