As Medco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David B. Snow, Jr., architected the transformation of Medco Health Solutions into an enterprise that is today recognized as one of the world’s most admired and innovative companies, and a leader in clinically driven pharmacy care that empowers the practice of precision medicine. Mr. Snow joined the company as President and CEO in March 2003, and became Chairman and CEO in June 2003 – leading the company’s successful spin-off and growing the enterprise, which is currently ranked 45th on the Fortune 500 list with 2008 revenues exceeding $51 billion. An outspoken champion of national healthcare reform, Mr. Snow advocates a wired healthcare system that enables evidence-based, protocol-driven medicine to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare, provide greater transparency, foster accountability, reduce costs and optimize clinical outcomes. Prior to joining Medco, Mr. Snow served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Wellchoice, Inc. (formerly Empire BlueCross BlueShield). Throughout his career Mr. Snow has served in executive leadership roles for a number of other healthcare companies including Oxford Health Plans, American International Healthcare, Inc. and US HealthCare, Inc. He also cofounded and served as President and CEO of Managed Healthcare Systems, Inc., which was later renamed AmeriChoice. Mr. Snow earned a master’s degree in health care administration from Duke University (1978) and holds a bachelor’s of science degree in economics from Bates College (1976).
