UNH · Unitedhealth Group Inc

$403.91 -8.84 (-2.14%) At close · Aug 6

Market Cap

$374.84B

908.14M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Dirk McMahon	COO	$1,161,539	—	$8,550,501	$2,850,024	$2,050,000	$31,424	$14,643,488
John F. Rex	CFO	$1,161,539	—	$8,550,501	$2,850,024	$2,050,000	$25,904	$14,637,967
Brian Thompson	CEO	$951,154	—	$4,813,113	$2,187,555	$1,700,000	$19,184	$9,671,006

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David Wichmann	CEO	$1,400,000	—	$9,600,592	$3,200,038	$3,500,000	$172,083	$17,872,713
Andrew Witty	CEO	$418,846	$550,000	$8,025,223	$2,675,007	$920,000	$268,100	$12,857,176
Dirk McMahon	COO	$1,000,000	—	$6,750,241	$2,250,044	$2,500,000	$106,199	$12,606,484
John F. Rex	CFO	$1,000,000	—	$6,750,241	$2,250,044	$2,500,000	$96,777	$12,597,062
Patricia L. Lewis	Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer	$800,000	$1,500,000	$2,625,211	$875,035	$1,000,000	$390,447	$7,190,693
Brian Thompson	CEO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
David Wichmann	CEO	$1,384,615	—	$9,600,348	$3,200,033	$4,500,000	$201,993	$18,886,989
Andrew Witty	CEO	$1,100,000	—	$9,375,614	$3,125,046	$2,750,000	$175,360	$16,526,020
Steven H. Nelson	CEO	$773,077	—	$5,062,628	$1,687,542	—	$6,536,175	$14,059,422
John F. Rex	CFO	$1,000,000	—	$5,250,133	$1,750,040	$2,500,000	$126,912	$10,627,085
Dirk McMahon	COO	$896,154	—	$4,125,367	$1,375,005	$2,500,000	$70,454	$8,966,980
Stephen J. Hemsley	Chairman	$880,769	—	$3,000,076	$3,000,001	—	$166,265	$7,389,261
Marianne D. Short	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	$850,000	—	$3,375,085	$1,125,012	$1,500,000	$113,580	$6,963,677
Brian Thompson	CEO	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Andrew Witty	CEO	$613,462	—	$16,300,304	$2,100,011	$2,200,000	$18,773	$21,232,550
David Wichmann	CEO	$1,300,000	—	$8,325,394	$2,775,032	$5,390,600	$316,330	$18,107,356
Stephen J. Hemsley	Chairman	$1,000,000	—	$6,750,246	$2,250,042	$876,700	$194,510	$11,352,513
Steven H. Nelson	CEO	$984,615	—	$5,062,684	$1,687,510	$2,000,000	$28,215	$9,763,024
Marianne D. Short	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	$842,308	—	$5,000,358	$1,000,009	$2,110,600	$113,124	$9,066,399
John F. Rex	CFO	$976,923	—	$3,750,212	$1,250,033	$2,500,000	$110,744	$8,587,912

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Stephen J. Hemsley	Chairman	$1,206,538	—	$8,325,219	$2,775,462	$5,745,600	$170,481	$18,454,153
David Wichmann	CEO	$1,162,308	—	$8,325,566	$2,775,328	$4,909,800	$216,974	$17,389,976
John F. Rex	CFO	$842,308	—	$3,750,131	$1,250,201	$2,000,000	$88,205	$7,930,845
Steven H. Nelson	CEO	$857,692	—	$3,150,092	$1,050,190	$2,500,000	$22,470	$7,580,444
Marianne D. Short	Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	$800,000	—	$2,715,170	$905,169	$1,970,400	$104,130	$6,494,869

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Tom Roos	Chief Financial Officer of Optum Insight	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-03-02
Dennis Stankiewicz	Chief Accounting Officer	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-03-02
Scott Gottlieb, M.D.	independent director	Appointed	2025-11-18	2025-11-21
John F. Rex	Strategic Advisor to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2025-09-02	2025-07-31
Wayne S. DeVeydt	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2025-09-02	2025-07-31
Andrew Witty	director	Resigned	2025-05-20	2025-05-21
Steve Hemsley	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2025-05-12	2025-05-14
Patrick Conway	Chief Executive Officer of Optum	Appointed	2025-05-06	2025-04-29
Heather Cianfrocco	Executive Vice President, Governance, Compliance and Information Security	Appointed	2025-05-06	2025-04-29
Chris Zaetta	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	Appointed	2024-06-04	2024-05-15
John Rex	President	Appointed	2024-04-01	2024-03-28
Dirk McMahon	President and Chief Operating Officer	Retired	2024-04-01	2024-02-07

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