J. David Joyner (born 1964) is an American business executive. He is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CVS Health, and the former president of CVS Caremark.
Joyner earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Texas Tech University in 1986. There, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
He is a partial owner of the Lubbock Matadors SC, a men's soccer club based in Lubbock, Texas.
He first worked at Aetna as an employee benefit representative before joining CVS Caremark as a regional sales manager for Caremark Prescription Services. He then became executive vice president before eventually becoming president of the company. He briefly left CVS in 2020 and returned to run Caremark in 2023. He is on the advisory council of the Rawls College of Business.
In October 2024, Joyner became the president and chief executive officer of CVS Health, along with joining the board of directors. He replaced Karen S. Lynch. Reuters reported that Joyner was appointed after pressure from investors over low company share price. In November 2025, CVS Health appointed Joyner chair of the board.
Joyner was named on Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2025 list.
In July 2024, he testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability about pharmacy benefit managers and prescription drug markets. Representative James Comer (RâÂÂKY) threatened leaders of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers with steep fines or jail time for allegedly lying in a previous hearing. In response, Joyner declined to change his testimony.