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>UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in Manhattan right before investors meeting this morning
"UnitedHealth Group is the biggest health care conglomerate in the United States based on revenue and its roughly $563 billion market cap. UnitedHealthcare posted more than $281 billion in revenue last year, making up more than two-thirds of UnitedHealth Group’s annual revenue for 2023."
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"Thompson had worked for United Health for just over 20 years, joining the company in April 2004 after spending nearly seven years at PwC, according to his LinkedIn page. He stepped in as CEO of UnitedHealthcare in April 2021 after serving as the top executive of the insurance unit’s government programs."
"Thompson was a resident of Maple Grove, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis and graduated valedictorian at the University of Iowa."…
"UnitedHealth Group is still grappling with thefallout from a ransomware attackin February targeting its company, Change Healthcare, which processes medical claims. The attackcompromised the protected health information of at least 100 million people."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/unitedhealth-cancels-investor-day-after-reports-of-executive-shot-in-manhattan.html
From same article:
"Thompson is survived by his wife, Paulette Thompson, and their two children.
"Thompson’s wife told NBC News that he had been receiving threats. She said the NYPD told her it was a planned attack.
“Yes, there had been some threats basically I don’t know, a lack of coverage? I don’t know details,” she told NBC News. “I just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening him.”
"She told NBC News that Thompson did not alter any of his travel habits despite the threats.
“I can’t really give a thoughtful response right now,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News. “I just found this out and I’m trying to console my children. ”