UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City Wednesday morning.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City Wednesday morning, according to reports. The shooting happened around 6:45 a.m. near W. 54th St. and 6th Avenue outside the Hilton hotel, FOX 5 in New York reports. According to police, the victim, who was shot in the chest, was taken to Mount Sinai West, where he was pronounced dead.
Before becoming CEO, he served as CEO of UnitedHealthcare government programs including Medicare & Retirement and Community & State and was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement. Thompson joined UnitedHealth Group in 2004. Before he joined UnitedHealth Group, Thompson was a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthcare is ranked fifth on the Fortune 500 and employs more than 100,000 people worldwide.
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