NEW YORK — The chief executive of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer, was shot in the back and killed on the sidewalk in front of the Manhattan hotel where he had spent the night. Brian Thompson died instantly. This was about 6:45 a.m. Thompson walking to another hotel for an investors meeting. He had flown the day before from his home in the northwest Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove. Police said that Thompson appeared targeted by a lone assassin who was in wait on the street. The assassin fled.
Thompson. UnitedHealth chief executive since 2021. With company almost 20 years. Age 50.