Cerberus Quadruples Money After Unusual Exit From Hospital Giant

  • Private equity firm makes an $800 million profit in a decade
  • It exits after offloading to Steward Health Care doctors
Carney Hospital, in Boston, one of the Catholic hospitals Cerberus acquired in 2010.Photographer: Wendy Maeda/Boston Globe/Getty Images
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Cerberus Capital Management, demonstrating the rewards of Wall Street’s rush into health care, made a roughly $800 million profit on its investment in struggling Catholic hospitals, records show.

The New York private equity firm quadrupled its money over a decade, according to internal documents and a federal filing this month.