December 4, 2024, New York, NY, USA: UnitedHealthcare CEO BRIAN THOMPSON, 50, fatally shot Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan Hilton hotel. Gunned down by an unknown masked assailant in what police are calling a “brazen targeted attack.” Head of the largest private insurer in the US, was in NYC to speak at an investor conference. Conglomerate UnitedHealth Group, is America’s fourth-largest public company, behind Walmart, Amazon and Apple. A father of two, Thompson lived in a suburb of Minneapolis, 20-minute drive from the company’s headquarters. FILE SHOT: Date Unknown, Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA: BRIAN THOMPSON. (Credit Image: © UnitedHealthcare Group via ZUMA Press Wire)

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