--The health-care initiative formed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has hired Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) executive Jack Stoddard as chief operating officer, CNBC reported Tuesday.

--Mr. Stoddard was Comcast's general manager for digital health and helped found Comcast Ventures-backed Accolade, the report said.

--Berkshire, Amazon and JPMorgan announced in January that they were working together on ways to address employee health-care. In June, they named Dr. Atul Gawande as CEO of the venture.

Full story at www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/amazon-berkshire-jpm-health-venture-hires-jack-stoddard-coo.html

Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 04, 2018 15:06 ET (19:06 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Berkshire Hathaway Charts.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024 Click Here for more Berkshire Hathaway Charts.