George Paz

American businessperson (died 2022)

George Paz (1955 – October 23, 2022) was the chairman, and former CEO, of Express Scripts, a Fortune 100 company, and the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the US.²

From Wikipedia’s article on George Paz (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1955, died 2022.¹

Companies

Prudential FinancialBoard member Mar 2016 to now⁷
HoneywellBoard member Dec 16, 2008 to Oct 26, 2022⁸
Express ScriptsBoard member Mar 2, 2017 to Dec 21, 2018⁹
Express ScriptsChief executive officer Apr 2, 2012 to Mar 11, 2016¹⁰
Express ScriptsChair Apr 2, 2012 to Mar 11, 2016¹⁰
Express ScriptsPresident Apr 2, 2012 to Nov 27, 2013¹⁰
Express ScriptsChair Jan 3, 2007 to Apr 4, 2012¹¹
Express ScriptsChief executive officer Jan 18, 2006 to Apr 4, 2012¹²
Express ScriptsPresident Jan 18, 2006 to Apr 4, 2012¹²
Express ScriptsBoard member Jan 18, 2006 to Mar 3, 2009¹²

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

Honeywell HON23,350 shares¹³$5.0M at $214.44Oct 23, 2022

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Oct 23, 2022Exercised options 346 shares of Honeywell¹³
Apr 29, 2022Exercised options 307 shares at $197.43 of Honeywell¹⁴
Apr 15, 2022Exercised options 295 shares at $195.81 of Honeywell¹⁵
Mar 10, 2022Shares withheld for tax 945 shares at $183.41 of Honeywell¹⁶
Mar 10, 2022Exercised options 3,072 shares at $56.08 of Honeywell¹⁶

Career

Occupation: business executive, chairperson.⁶

Since 2016Board member, Prudential Financial⁵
Since 2005Worked at Express Scripts^{3 4}

Paz, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and accounting at the University of Missouri - St. Louis in 1982 and was a certified public accountant.

Before working at Express Scripts, Paz was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand (today known as PwC) accounting firm.

From 1993 to 1995, Paz was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Life Partners Group. Paz joined Express Scripts in January 1998 as chief financial officer when the company had annual revenue of about $1.2 billion. In April 2005, Paz was named CEO of Express Scripts and the company had revenue of $15 billion. In 2008, Paz joined the board of directors of Honeywell, Inc.

From July 2009 to June 2019, he served as a trustee at Washington University in St. Louis. He also served as a trustee at Saint Louis University and was former president of Civic Progress.

In 2012, Paz was appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In December 2014, Paz was named chairman of the board of directors at the bank.

In September 2015, Express Scripts announced that Paz would retire in May 2016 and become non-executive chairman. He was succeeded as CEO by Tim Wentworth, who was previously president of the company.

In February 2016, Paz was appointed to the board of directors of Prudential Financial.

Paz died on October 23, 2022.