UnitedHealthcare investor day attendees in shock after killing of ‘stand up’ CEO Brian Thompson: ‘I’ve never met anyone who had anything bad to say about him’
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson was gunned down early Wednesday morning in an act of violence that has shocked the business world.
Thompson, 50, was shot outside of the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Afterwards, he was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities told Fortune. The assailant has not been caught.
The former executive was killed right before UnitedHealth’s scheduled investor’s day. Many people were already assembled, and news of his death spread quickly among attendees.
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One investor who was there described the scene to a Fortune reporter. He said that people were sitting in chairs with their laptops open when news of the shooting began to spread through attendees. Upon hearing the news, people started getting emotional, and some people began to cry. Then people began to leave the room.
The investor, who said he had previously dined with Thompson, said that he was “a stand up dude, he’s a great dude, I’ve never met anyone who had anything bad to say about him.”
