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Ron Williams

American businessperson

Ronald Allen Williams (born 1949) is an American businessman and board director on corporate, public sector and non-profit boards. He is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aetna Inc.2

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Born Sep 30, 1949.1

About

Williams is the author of Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization.

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Companies

Holdings

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Shares held

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedWeir High School3
  • Date not recordedRoosevelt University3
  • Date not recordedMIT Sloan School of Management3
  • Date not recordedSloan Fellows Program3

Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Roosevelt University and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.11

  • Since 2012Board member, Peterson Institute for International Economics8
  • 2011 to 2022Board member, Johnson & Johnson7
  • Since 2010Board member, Boeing6
  • 2006 to 2010Chief executive officer9 10
  • 2002 to 2011Board of directors member, Aetna5 9
  • 2001 to 2011Worked at Aetna4 5

Business leadership

Williams serves on the board of directors of Warby Parker. He previously served on the boards of Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, and American Express. He is an operating advisor to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. (CD&R). He is co-founder and chairman of the board of agilon health and is chairman of the board of apree health, formed by the combination of VERA Whole Health and Castlight.

Williams is chairman of The Conference Board and participates with the Committee for Economic Development (CED). He was a member of the McKinsey & Company External Advisory Group until 2024.

He previously served as vice chairman of The Business Council from 2008 to 2010 and chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH). He was an advisor to The Wall Street Journal CEO Council and a former member of the GE Healthymagination Advisory Committee.

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Early business career

Prior to joining Aetna, Williams served as group president, and president of WellPoint (now Anthem), having joined WellPoint's predecessor firm, Blue Cross of California, in 1987. Previously, he was co-founder of Visa Health Corp. and group marketing executive of Control Data Corporation.

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Personal life

  • BornSep 30, 1949, Chicago12
  • CitizenshipUnited States13

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    Wikidata and SEC EDGARBoeing, Board member
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