President and Chief Executive Officer Asparron Capital, LLC
WILLIAM J. GEDWED is President and Chief Executive Officer of Asparron Capital, LLC. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthMarkets, Inc., a mid-sized health insurance company located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, from 2003 to 2008 and served as a member of the HealthMarkets Board of Directors from 2000 through 2008. Prior to HealthMarkets, Bill served in various executive and director positions and as an investor in various companies including motor club services, data services and telecom services while prior to that he held executive positions with a major mining company and a mid-sized oil and gas producer. He also served on the Board of NMC Holdings, Inc., a privately held small business holding company, from 1993 to 2009 and has served on the Board of the National Council for Policy Analysis since 2007. In addition, Bill serves as Chairman of the Board for KIPP TRUTH Academy, one of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools in Dallas. Bill has a BS degree and an MBA from the University of Houston.
For more information, contact NCPA public affairs at (800) 859-1154 or media@ncpathinktank.org.