Who Was UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?

new details are emerging about slain United healthc Care executive Brian Thompson known to many as BT he had worked his way up the ranks in his 20 years at the company friends and co-workers are remembering 50-year-old Thompson as whip smart and likable a graduate of the University of Iowa he and his wife had two teenage Sons his boss gushed about Thompson in a video sent to employees after his murder Brian was a truly extraord person who touched the lives of countless people Thompson's wife pette also praised him bran was a wonderful person with a big

heart and who lived life to the fullest Thompson owned this $1.5 million five-bedroom home outside Minneapolis reportedly he and his wife lived in separate homes less than a mile apart for several years some are expressing surprise that the executive did not have personal security with him at the time of the shooting his wife told a reporter he said there were some people that had been threatening him Thompson worked in what the Wall Street Journal calls a much reviled industry and this from The New York Times torrent of hate for health insurance industry follow CEO's killing

Dan Donovan provides security for high-profile Executives we were shocked to see that he was you know making his way over to that location alone I mean look he's going to a public event it's different than going to your home office or you know your corporate office flags at the UHC headquarters in Minnesota are flying at half staff in Thompson's memory [Music]