Joseph R. Swedish

Biography

  Joseph R. Swedish is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 33 company and the nation’s leading health benefits provider. Anthem serves more than 40 million members—or one in eight Americans—through its affiliated health plans, and over 74 million individuals across 27 states through its broad portfolio of health insurance and services subsidiaries, including Amerigroup, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans, CareMore, and Simply Healthcare. Mr. Swedish has reinvigorated Anthem’s culture and leveraged his personal commitment to diversity and inclusion in order to create a company that can truly meet the unique needs of its increasingly diverse members and communities. Mobilizing the company’s 53,000 associates around four strategic pillars – provider collaboration, managing total cost of care, consumer centricity, and quality – he has put Anthem on track to realize its vision to be America’s valued health partner. Since Mr. Swedish joined the company in March 2013, Anthem’s membership has grown by four million, or 11 percent, to more than 40 million, the average share price has approximately tripled, and operating revenue has increased 39 percent to over $84 billion.

Research Interest

 His research interest is on Healthcare administration and management.