Michael Neidorff

He died of complications of an infection in St. Louis on April 7, 2022, at the age of 79.

In April 2020, Neidorff joined the White House economic recovery task force on reopening the United States after the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, Neidorff earned $4.7 million in bonuses that contributed to a total yearly earnings of $24.96 million while laying off 3000 workers.

In 2018, Neidorff was one of the executives named in a lawsuit claiming that Centene failed to disclose Health Net's potential tax exposure prior to their acquisition.

Neidorff was listed on Fortune's Businessperson of the year list in 2017. He announced plans to retire in 2022 after Politan Capital Management took a stake in Centene. In March, he formally stepped down after Sarah London was named his replacement.

In 1995, he became chief executive of Group Health Plan and was vice president of its parent company, Coventry Corp. The following year, Neidorff joined Centene, then called Coordinated Care Corp., as its chief executive officer.

In the 1980s, Neidorff was the director of international consumer products at Miles Laboratories, and worked as president and chief executive officer of Physicians Health Plan of Greater St. Louis.

He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Trinity University in 1965 and a master's degree in industrial relations at St. Francis University.

Michael Frederic Neidorff (November 19, 1942 – April 7, 2022) was an American business executive and was CEO of Centene Corp from 1996 to 2022.

Neidorff was born in 1942 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He was a 1961 graduate of Altoona High School.