George Paz (died October 23, 2022, age 67) was the chairman, and former CEO, of Express Scripts, a Fortune 100 company, and the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the US.
Career
Paz, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, studied accounting at the University of Missouri - St. Louis and was a certified public accountant. [1]
From 1993 to 1995, Paz was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Life Partners Group. [2] [3] Paz joined Express Scripts in January 1998 as chief financial officer when the company had annual revenue of about $1.2 billion. [1] [4] In April 2005, Paz was named CEO of Express Scripts and the company had revenue of $15 billion. [5] [1] In 2008, Paz joined the board of directors of Honeywell, Inc. [2] [6]
In 2012, Paz was appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [2] In December 2014, Paz was named chairman of the board of directors at the bank. [7]
In September 2015, Express Scripts announced that Paz would retire in May 2016 and become non-executive chairman. [5] [8] [9] [10] He was succeeded as CEO by Tim Wentworth, who was previously president of the company. [9] [10]
In February 2016, Paz was appointed to the board of directors of Prudential Financial. [2] [11]
Paz died on October 23, 2022. [12]
References
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- ^ "Paz succeeds Hill as president of Express Scripts". www.bizjournals.com. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
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- ^ a b "Express Scripts CEO George Paz to retire". Reuters. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Express Scripts CEO joins Honeywell board". St. Louis Business Journal. 15 December 2018.
- ^ "George Paz named chairman of St. Louis Fed board". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Executive Profile* George Paz". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Express Scripts CEO George Paz to retire". 9 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via Reuters.
- ^ a b Stynes, Tess (9 September 2015). "Express Scripts CEO George Paz Plans to Retire". Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
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- ^ Drew, James (25 October 2022). "George Paz, former CEO of Express Scripts and civic leader, dead at 67". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 27 October 2022.