Texas Tech University

David Joyner

President and CEO, CVS Health
As President and Chief Executive Officer and of CVS Health, Mr. Joyner leads more than 300,000 colleagues who are passionate about building a world of health around every consumer. The company touches the lives of more than 100 million people through its health care benefits and pharmacy benefit management and its presence in over 9,000 community health destinations in the United States.

Mr. Joyner has more than 37 years in the healthcare and managed care industry. After graduating from Texas Tech University in 1986 with a B.B.A. in Finance, he was recruited by Aetna as an employee benefit representative. He joined Caremark Prescription Services in 1993 as a regional sales manager and was fortunate to spend a successful career in the dynamic Pharmacy Benefit Management industry. After 27 years and 5 transformational mergers and acquisitions, he briefly retired from CVS Health in 2020. During his first stint with CVS Health, Mr. Joyner led all sales and marketing functions, helping to grow the business from $500 million in 1993 to more than $140 billion in annualized revenue in 2019. During his time away from the company, Mr. Joyner served as an advisor to several PE backed healthcare companies. He returned to CVS Health in January 2023 as EVP and President of Caremark, and became President and CEO of the company in October 2024.
David Joyner