Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the BlackIvy Group, LLC. Welters is also Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group.
Prior to this appointment, Welters was Executive Vice President and a Member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Welters joined UHG upon its acquisition of AmeriChoice, a healthcare company Welters founded in 1989.
Welters invested early in oil leases in the Bakken Formation and established his own shell gas exploration and production company.
Recognizing the growing need for physical and technical infrastructure outside the United States, Welters turned his focus to Sub-Saharan Africa where BlackIvy Group develops infrastructure businesses in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. Welter’s globalization of entrepreneurship there creates employment and new market opportunities for the region.
Welters holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Manhattanville College and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law.
