During her time at the helm of CVS Health, former chief executive Karen Lynch often placed her complicated family history at the center of her argument for why she wanted to reinvent her company — and with it the way that health care is delivered in America.

Roger Farah, who worked behind the scenes to right Ralph Lauren and Tory Burch, will become Executive Chairman at CVS.

CVS Health Chief Executive Officer Karen Lynch has stepped down and will be replaced by David Joyner, who runs the company's pharmacy benefit firm, Caremark.