Bertolini: Aetna was losing $1M per day when he joined
Mark Bertolini · The CEO Who Cheated Death, Slept an Hour a Night, and Built a Healthcare Empire · Invest Like The Best · Aug 19, 2025 · at 10:24
Former Aetna CEO and current Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini reflects on the financial state of Aetna when he was recruited to help lead its turnaround.
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“Aetna hired me after they started, ran into trouble to help them fix the company. They were losing a million dollars a day when I showed up in twenty-twenty-two and we had to fix that, and that took a, took us on a whole journey.”
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