Stephen Hemsley is president and CEO of UnitedHealth Group, a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health-care system work better for everyone. UnitedHealth Group provides benefits and services that help to improve the affordability, accessibility, quality and convenience of health care. Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group as senior executive vice president in 1997, Hemsley was managing partner in strategy and planning and chief financial officer for Arthur Andersen LLP. Hemsley has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards. His philanthropic interests focus on health care, education, and religious and social services, principally in the Twin Cities area. He is a lay member on the board of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and a trustee of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. Hemsley earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Fordham University in 1974.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.