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J. David Joyner is an American business executive. He is the president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, and the former president of CVS Caremark.

He first worked at Aetna before joining CVS Caremark, eventually becoming president of the company.He briefly left CVS and returned to run Caremark. He is on the advisory council of the Rawls College of Business.

In October 2024, Joyner became the president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, along with joining the board of directors. He replaced Karen S. Lynch. Reuters reported that Joyner was appointed after pressure from investors over low company share price.

He brings more than 37 years of health care and pharmacy benefit management experience to the company. Most recently, he was executive vice president, CVS Health, and president, CVS Caremark. He led the pharmacy services business, which provides solutions to employers, health plans and government entities and serves approximately 90 million members through Caremark, CVS Specialty, and other areas.

David has served on the boards of several private equity-backed health care companies. He also served as an advisor to the founder and chief executive officer of gWell, a precision health and medicine company focused on providing value-based condition management to payors and employers.

David began his career at Aetna as an employee benefit representative before joining Caremark Prescription Services as a regional sales manager. He then served as executive vice president of sales and account services at CVS Caremark and executive vice president of sales and marketing at CVS Health.