Bruce Dale Broussard is

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and president of

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, a health insurance company with headquarters in

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Background

Broussard received a degree in business from

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and a

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from the

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. He is a

certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is the title of qualified accountants in numerous countries in the English-speaking world. It is generally equivalent to the title of chartered accountant in other English-speaking countries. In the United Sta ...

. He has spent his career in the health-care field. Beginning in 1990 he was vice president and treasurer for Continental Medical Systems. Three years later he became

chief financial officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...

at Sun Healthcare Group. During the next year he was chief financial officer and executive vice president at Regency Health Services. From 1997 to 2000 he was chief executive officer of Harbor Dental. In 2000 Broussard began working for US Oncology, which was acquired by the

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in 2010. For six years, he served as the company's chief financial officer. He became president in 2005 and was head of

investor relations Investor relations (IR) is a strategic management responsibility that is capable of integrating finance, communication, marketing and securities law compliance to enable the most effective two-way communication between a company, the financial co ...

. He was also in charge of pharmaceutical services, pharmaceutical distribution,

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and growth initiatives. He became chief executive officer of US Oncology in 2008, and chairman of the board a year later. In 2013, he became president and CEO of Humana.

Compensation

In 2016, Broussard's base salary was $1.24 million. His total compensation for the same year was $19.7 million, up from $10.3 million in 2015.

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Appearances on C-Span
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