View gallery Image Credit: United Health Group Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed on the morning of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, just hours before his company's annual investor conference in New York City. The 50-year-old executive was attacked around 6:45 a.m. outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, located on Avenue of the Americas near 54th Street, and later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Thompson's death shocked both the business world and the healthcare industry, where he had built a decades-long career and served as CEO for three years.