He held jobs and internships throughout school, sometimes toiling 30 hours a week. Yet he excelled academically to the point he sometimes skipped a grade or graduated ahead of schedule. “Anything I could do to accelerate my agenda, launch a career, I was willing to do,” he explains.
He earned a bachelor’s in economics from Manhattanville College, where he met his wife, Beatrice. After law school, Welters worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission, then later for elected officials and political figures. In the 1980s, he went into business for himself. Some early ventures failed, but he founded a firm that eventually became AmeriChoice Corporation, serving consumers of government health care programs. AmeriChoice is now a part of UnitedHealth.
Welters considers his commitment to helping others a pursuit he enjoys, adding, “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t do it.”
Through their AnBryce Foundation, the Welterses finance other educational initiatives. Also, Anthony Welters presently serves as governing board chairman of the NYU law school and Morehouse School of Medicine. He is a member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, an honor recognizing high achievers who come from humble beginnings.
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