CVS Health
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This article is about the parent company previously named CVS Caremark. For the subsidiary currently named CVS Caremark, see CVS Caremark. For the revision control system, see Concurrent Versions System.
CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the world's second largest healthcare company, behind UnitedHealth Group. In 2023, the company was ranked 64th in the Forbes Global 2000.[3][4]
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Company type | Public |
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Predecessor | Melville Corporation |
Founded | 1963; 61 years ago (1963) in Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 9,395 (2023) |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Karen S. Lynch (president and CEO) |
Services | Health care provider Pharmacy benefit manager |
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Number of employees | c. 300,000 (2023) |
Subsidiaries | [1] |
Website | cvshealth![]() |
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CVS started in Lowell, Massachusetts by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and their partner Ralph Hoagland.[5] The name stood for Consumer Value Stores.[6]