Aaron Alt

Chief Financial Officer Cardinal Health

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Aaron Alt has been Cardinal Health’s Chief Financial Officer since February 2023, leading financial strategy, capital deployment, treasury, tax, investor relations, accounting and reporting, as well as corporate development. He came from Sysco, where he was chief financial officer, and earlier was CFO of Sally Beauty Holdings and held finance, operations and grocery transformation roles at Target and finance and operations roles at Sara Lee. He holds both an MBA and a law degree. Cardinal Health ranked No. 15 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal Health since February 2023.
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sysco, December 2020 to 2023.
• Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sally Beauty Holdings.
• Senior roles in finance, operations and grocery transformation at Target.

Professional Journey

Alt earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science at Northwestern University, a Juris Doctor at Harvard Law School and an MBA at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He held senior finance and operations positions at Sara Lee and then senior executive roles in finance, operations and grocery transformation at Target.

He was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sally Beauty Holdings, and from December 2020 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sysco.

In February 2023 he joined Cardinal Health as Chief Financial Officer, reporting to chief executive Jason Hollar.

Education

Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg School of Management

MBA

Harvard Law School

Juris Doctor

Northwestern University

Bachelor of Arts, History and Political Science