16 Wayne S. DeVeydt

Title: CFO Company: UnitedHealth Group Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences

Wayne’ s career in finance has been steeped in the healthcare sector, having been CFO for 11 years at Elevance and CEO for two at Surgery Partners. A stint at Bain Capital rounded out his privateequity credentials before UnitedHealth Group brought him in as finance chief in September 2025, tasked with steadying a giant insurer through a turbulent stretch. Aside from his professional life Wayne is a philanthropist, having founded the Global Orphan Foundation in 2007 with his wife Michele Jackson.

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