David Joyner

J. David Joyner (born 1964) is an American business executive. He is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CVS Health, and the former president of CVS Caremark.

Personal life Joyner earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Texas Tech University in 1986.

He is a partial owner of the Lubbock Matadors SC, a men's soccer club based in Lubbock, Texas.

Career He first worked at Aetna as an employee benefit representative before joining CVS Caremark as a regional sales manager for Caremark Prescription Services. He then became executive vice president before eventually becoming president of the company. He briefly left CVS in 2020 and returned to run Caremark in 2023. He is on the advisory council of the Rawls College of Business. He replaced Karen S. Lynch. Reuters reported that Joyner was appointed after pressure from investors over low company share price.

Joyner was named on Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2025 list.

2024 Congressional testimony In July 2024, he testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability about pharmacy benefit managers and prescription drug markets. Representative James Comer (R–KY) threatened leaders of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers with steep fines or jail time for allegedly lying in a previous hearing. In response, Joyner declined to change his testimony.