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Joe Swedish
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Joe Swedish

American businessman (born 1951)

Joseph Robert Swedish (born 1951) is an American healthcare executive and leader. He is a former senior adviser to the board of directors at Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 29 company, and was the CEO of Anthem, Inc.2

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

Born May 17, 1951.1

About

For 12 years in a row Swedish was named Modern Healthcare’s one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.

From Wikipedia’s article on Joe Swedish, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Holdings

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

Shares held

  • CDW CDW20,232 shares19$3.2M at $157.49Sep 10, 2026
  • IBM IBM5,261 shares20$1.3M at $246.02Oct 30, 2020

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

Recent filings

  • Sep 10, 2026Granted 29 shares at $142.60 of CDW19
  • Jul 1, 2026Granted 208 shares of CDW21
  • Jun 10, 2026Granted 31 shares at $129.30 of CDW22
  • Apr 1, 2026Granted 236 shares of CDW23
  • Mar 10, 2026Granted 31 shares of CDW24
  • Mar 5, 2026Granted 1,609 shares of CDW25
  • Jan 2, 2026Granted 211 shares of CDW26
  • Dec 10, 2025Granted 18 shares at $149.54 of CDW27
  • Oct 1, 2025Granted 177 shares of CDW28
  • Sep 10, 2025Granted 15 shares of CDW29
  • Jul 1, 2025Granted 155 shares of CDW30
  • Jun 10, 2025Granted 14 shares of CDW31
  • Apr 1, 2025Granted 174 shares of CDW32
  • Mar 11, 2025Granted 14 shares of CDW33
  • Mar 5, 2025Granted 1,086 shares of CDW34
  • Dec 10, 2024Granted 9 shares of CDW35
  • Sep 10, 2024Granted 7 shares of CDW36
  • Jun 11, 2024Granted 7 shares of CDW37
  • Mar 12, 2024Granted 6 shares of CDW38
  • Mar 6, 2024Granted 718 shares of CDW39
  • Dec 12, 2023Granted 5 shares of CDW40
  • Sep 12, 2023Granted 5 shares of CDW41
  • Jun 13, 2023Granted 6 shares of CDW42
  • Mar 10, 2023Granted 9 shares of CDW43
  • Feb 15, 2023Granted 835 shares of CDW44

Trade performance

DateStockTradeValueReturn sinceVs S&P sinceVs S&P, 1 year
Oct 30, 2020IBMBuy$222.0K+119.3%−17.0%−27.8%

Returns are price-only (no dividends), measured from the trade date.

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte3
  • Date not recordedBenedictine High School3

Swedish is the son of Eastern European immigrants. His father changed the family name from "Szwedzicki" to "Swedish" upon emigration through Ellis Island in 1949 from post WW II Europe as Displaced Persons. He was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended elementary school at an orphanage while growing up on his parents’ farm in Virginia. Swedish also attended a Catholic ROTC military college preparatory high school.

Swedish received his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and then a master's degree in health administration from Duke University.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer.8

Anthem, Inc.

From 2013 to 2018, Swedish served as chairman, president and CEO of Anthem, Inc. Under Mr. Swedish's leadership, the company experienced remarkably strong financial performance and growth. As CEO, Anthem's membership grew by four million, or 11 percent, the average share price nearly quadrupled from approximately $60 per share to $250 per share, and operating revenue increased 39 percent to over $89 billion. Core strategic imperatives included improving medical costs, working with physicians to improve healthcare quality and access, and improving the consumer experience. During his tenure, Swedish reinvigorated Anthem's culture by aligning the company's leadership to create a unified, inclusive and values-centered culture where associates are committed to an authentic mission.

Hospital Corporation of America

From 1994 to 1998, Swedish served as president and CEO for the Central Florida Division and East Florida Division of Hospital Corporation of America, which consisted of 21 hospitals and 12 joint ventured ambulatory surgery centers in six markets from Orlando to South Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach).

Additional CEO positions

Prior to 1994, Swedish held several leadership positions including serving as the president and CEO of Winter Park Memorial Hospital and Park Health Corp, in Winter Park Florida; president and CEO of Mary Washington Hospital, in Fredericksburg, Virginia; and CEO of Horizon HealthCorp. subsidiary of Memorial Mission Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Personal life

  • BornMay 17, 1951, Richmond9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10

Trinity Health

From 2005 to 2013, Swedish served as president and CEO of Trinity Health, a 22-state integrated healthcare delivery system. Under Swedish's direction, the healthcare system operated 47 acute-care hospitals, 423 outpatient facilities, 32 long-term care facilities, and 34 home health offices and hospice programs. During his tenure, he led the development of the nation's first large scale electronic medical records system, and accelerated its financial and operational performance, growing revenue by nearly 50 percent from less than $6 billion to approximately $9 billion in 2012. He successfully managed the merger with Catholic Healthcare East in 2012 to create the then second largest Catholic healthcare system in the United States.

Centura Health

From 1999 to 2005, Swedish served as president and CEO of Colorado's Centura Health, which was the state's largest hospital system and fourth largest private employer. Under his leadership, Centura improved its financial stability, strengthened its voice on healthcare policy issues, and made major investments in system expansion with strategic capital deployment to grow, to scale and improve the quality of care and services.

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