Surgeon General Pick's Tangled Web of Investments: Whose Health Are We Serving? Nicole Saphier, the latest nominee for Surgeon General, has a financial disclosure form that reveals a complex web of corporate interests.
Her tech investments are extensive, but it is her holdings in tobacco and fast food companies that have raised concerns about whose health she will serve as the nation's top public health official.
Saphier's portfolio includes Philip Morris, Altria, and British American Tobacco, energy giants Chevron and ExxonMobil, and fast food titans McDonald's, PepsiCo. , and Coca Cola.