Founder Profile
John Amos
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is John Amos?
John Amos is a founder of Aflac Incorporated, which was founded in 1955 with Paul Amos and Bill Amos.
- Company founded
- Aflac Incorporated
- Founded
- 1955
- Co-founders
- Paul Amos and Bill Amos
Background
Lawyer and insurance executive from Georgia.
Founding Story
John Amos (1924-1990) was the primary visionary behind Aflac. As the original CEO, he recognized the catastrophic financial impact of cancer on middle-class families and pioneered the very first cancer insurance policy in 1958. Most crucially, he personally orchestrated Aflac's massive entry into the Japanese market in 1974, securing a monopoly on cancer insurance in Japan that still drives the vast majority of the company's revenue today.