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2026 Virginia Power 50 List: EDWARD A. PESICKA
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ACCENDRA HEALTH, HENRICO COUNTY
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
Owens & Minor CEO Edward Pesicka. Owens & Minor plans to change its name to Accendra Health, effective. Dec. 31. Photo Courtesy Owens & Minor
Owens & Minor CEO Edward Pesicka. Owens & Minor plans to change its name to Accendra Health, effective. Dec. 31. Photo Courtesy Owens & Minor
2026 Virginia Power 50 List: EDWARD A. PESICKA
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ACCENDRA HEALTH, HENRICO COUNTY
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
In 2019, Pesicka became CEO of Fortune 500 health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor, which was rebranded Accendra Health at the start of the year.
The company saw some major changes in 2025, announcing in October plans to sell its largest segment, Products & Healthcare Services, for $375 million to Platinum Equity, a California private equity firm. Pesicka said the corporation plans to focus on its Patient Direct service, which provides home medical equipment and has proved profitable. Although Accendra was ranked No. 395 on the 2025 Fortune 500 list, the company is expected to fall off the list this year after the segment’s sale.
In June 2025, Accendra announced it had backed out of a $1.36 billion deal to buy Rotech Healthcare Holdings, a Florida-based home health care business. The company paid a termination fee of $80 million in cash.
A Muskingum University and Case Western Reserve University graduate, Pesicka previously held several leadership roles in his 15-year stint at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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