In the News

• WellPoint Named Fortune Magazine's Most Admired Health Care Company Fifth Year In A Row (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003).
• WellPoint Named to "BusinessWeek 50" Ranking of Top Performing Public Companies
• WellPoint Named One of Top Companies for Women Executives by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)-2002
• Forbes ranks WellPoint as Best Large Health Insurance Company - 2001
• WellPoint ranked # 204 largest among FORTUNE 500.
• WORTH Magazine ranked Well Point chairman and chief executive officer, Leonard Schaeffer, #35 on its list of top 50 CEOs.
• Leonard D. Schaeffer awarded Corporate Partner of the Year by the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA). NAWBO-LA represents 360,000 women business owners in Los Angeles County.
• WellPoint, Inc. ranked #278 on FORBES Global 500.
• WellPoint ranked #117 on FORBES Platinum 400. WellPoint also named to FORBES Platinum list is 1999 & 2000.
• WellPoint ranked #401 in the U.S. and #824 in the world on BUSINESS WEEK Global 1000 list.
• Leonard D. Schaeffer, chairman and chief executive officer of WellPoint, named one of the top 25 managers of 2000 by BUSINESS WEEK magazine. The list, which includes CEOs from a wide variety of industries, was published in the January 8, 2001 edition of the magazine.
• FINANCIAL TIMES 500 ranked WellPoint #368 on its list of World’s Largest Companies.
• WellPoint Chairman and CEO, Leonard Schaeffer, named one of America’s best CEOs for the third year in a row by WORTH (1999, 2000, 2001).
• SALES & MARKETING MANAGEMENT magazine ranked WellPoint one of America’s 25 Best Sales Forces – 2000.
• WellPoint named one of America’s top 25 companies for executive women by WORKING WOMEN – 2000.
• BARRON’s ranked WellPoint 28th on its list of 500 companies that have strong price performance and solid, well-run operations, well ahead of any other company in our industry – 1999.