The CEO, not the shooter, is the real working-class hero
Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot in New York, is a model for how a talented, determined man from humble roots can rise to the top of corporate life without rich parents and an Ivy League degree.
One of the more moving stories in The New York Times last week is an account of the life of Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO who was gunned down on December 4 outside a New York hotel.
Thompson “grew up in a working-class family in Jewell, Iowa”, a tiny farming community north of Des Moines, Amy Julia Harris and Ernesto Londoño reported.
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Bret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times.
