UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect Luigi Mangione gave valedictorian speech in 2016 at $40,000 per annum prep school in Maryland about ‘challenging the world’ and ‘exploring new things’ as the anti-capitalist and AI tech whiz is accused of murdering UnitedHealthCare CEO, Brian Thompson.
The 26 year old man suspected of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, last week outside of a midtown, Manhattan, Hilton Hotel was valedictorian at his $40,000 per annum, Maryland prep school, where he delivered a graduation speech where he discussed ‘challenging the world.’
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, commented during his 2016 remarks how he and classmates at the Gilman School in Baltimore excelled at ‘coming up with new ideas’ and pushing boundaries.
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REPORT: Luigi Mangione, who was named a person of interest in the execution of CEO Brian Thompson, was valedictorian of the Gilman School in 2016.
I have found footage of his valedictorian speech at the 119th Gilman School Founder’s Day Ceremony.
Mangione is one of six… pic.twitter.com/nPuXtmirWO
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 9, 2024
Valedictorian speech reflected idealism and notions of challenging the world
‘Having great ideas, however, isn’t enough to innovate,’ he said, adding that people need ‘incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.’
‘Now we’re moving on … we’ll be exploring the unknown,’ Mangioni said.
Almost eight-minutes in length, Mangione spends most of his speech praising his classmates for their ‘inventiveness’ while also acknowledging their ‘commitment to Gilman tradition.’
‘The class of 2016 has been coming up with new ideas and challenging the world around it,’ Mangione says. ‘I think great ideas however isn’t enough to innovate, the class of 2016’s inventiveness also stems from its incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.’
He also described the class of 2016 as ‘fearless to explore new things.’
Mangione later concludes his speech by describing his class as a kind that ‘only comes around once every 50 years’ while thanking the parents in the room for sending their sons to a school that is ‘far from a small financial investment.’
The Gilman School is an all-boys academy with annual tuition of nearly $40,000 per year.
After graduating, Mangione went on to study computer science at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania. Mangione’s major area of study was artificial intelligence, according to his LinkedIn profile. (His minor was mathematics.) His experience also lists jobs as an artificial intelligence teaching assistant for gifted high school students.
At the time of his arrest, Monday morning at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s after being recognized by a worker at the joint, he was found to be in possession of a ghost gun, four fake ID’s and a hand-written manifesto.
The manifesto ‘criticized health-care companies for putting profits above care’ according to a report via The New York Times.
The document, which spanned two pages, read: ‘These parasites had it coming.
‘I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.’
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a news conference that the document ‘speaks to both his motivation and mindset.’
Prior to Monday’s arrest, Mangione had never had a criminal record, with investigators saying he worked alone and was the only suspect in the healthcare boss’s slaying.
A relative of Mangione’s in Maryland, said it was ‘impossible’ that he had been arrested in connection with the case, describing him as ‘gentle’.
‘He is the most gentle soul you could possibly meet – the most gentle,’ she told the UK’s Telegraph. ‘It’s impossible.
‘We’re talking about someone that I have known since birth, who is the gentlest human being you could possibly meet.’
