JPMorgan Taps Walmart Exec Pegus for New Health Venture

  • New role will work with $250 million fund for health startups
  • Her move leaves a vacancy in Walmart’s growing care division

Cheryl Pegus

Source: Walmart Inc.
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Walmart Inc. health-care executive Cheryl Pegus will join JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Morgan Health venture as a managing director, with aims to improve employer-sponsored health care.

The move creates a vacancy at the nation’s largest retailer, as rivals like Amazon.com Inc. and CVS Health Corp. broaden their reach into the $4 trillion US health-care industry. It’s also a high-profile hire for Morgan Health, which the bank launched last year after shutting its joint venture with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway Inc, known as Haven.