Wayne DeVeydt

Chief Financial Officer UnitedHealth Group

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Wayne DeVeydt became Chief Financial Officer of UnitedHealth Group in September 2025, an appointment announced two months into Stephen Hemsley’s second term as chief executive. He brought a long record in health insurance finance. He spent nearly a decade as CFO of Anthem, now Elevance Health, then ran the surgical facilities operator Surgery Partners and worked as a managing director at Bain Capital. Hemsley described him as combining “deep financial acumen and operating experience” with a mission-oriented approach to health care.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of UnitedHealth Group since 2 September 2025.
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Anthem from May 2007 to May 2016.
• Chief Executive Officer of Surgery Partners from January 2018 to January 2020, and Executive Chairman from January 2020 to August 2025.
• Managing Director at Bain Capital from March 2022 to August 2025.
• Earlier a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on managed care and insurance.

Professional Journey

DeVeydt earned a B.S. in business administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He became a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on the national managed care and insurance industries.

In March 2005 he joined Anthem as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, for part of that time also serving as chief of staff to the chairman. In May 2007 he became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a role he held until May 2016.

In January 2017 he became a senior advisor to the global healthcare division of Bain Capital Private Equity. In January 2018 he became chief executive of Surgery Partners, a Bain-backed operator of surgical facilities and ancillary services, and in January 2020 its Executive Chairman. From March 2022 he was also a managing director at Bain Capital. He served on the boards of Centene and, earlier, Myovant Sciences, NiSource and Grupo NotreDame Intermédica.

In July 2025 UnitedHealth Group announced him as its next CFO. He left the Centene and Surgery Partners boards at the start of August and took up the role on 2 September 2025, succeeding John Rex, who became strategic advisor to the chief executive. In the second quarter of 2026 UnitedHealth reported revenues of $112.0 billion and raised its full-year adjusted earnings outlook.

Education

University of Missouri-St. Louis

B.S., Business Administration