UnitedHealth
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
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legal form | Incorporated |
ISIN | US91324P1021 |
founding | 1977 |
Seat | Minnetonka , United States |
management | David S. Wichmann |
Number of employees | 325,000 (2019) |
sales | 242.1 billion US dollars (2019) |
Branch | insurance |
Website | www.unitedhealthgroup.com |
As of December 31, 2019 |
UnitedHealth is a US company headquartered in Minnetonka , Minnesota . The company is listed in the S&P 500 stock index and was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average index instead of Kraft Foods in October 2012 . With a turnover of 207.6 billion US dollars and a profit of 11.2 billion US dollars, UnitedHealth is the 28th largest company in the world according to Forbes Global 2000 (as of 2017). According to the Fortune 500 , it is one of the 20 companies with the highest sales worldwide (as of 2016). The company had a market capitalization of $ 229 billion in early 2018.
UnitedHealth offers various types of insurance; The company is particularly active in health insurance in the United States.
The company employs over 200,000 people. UnitedHealth was founded in 1977 under the company name UnitedHealthCare Corporation .
In 1995 UnitedHealth acquired the US company The MetraHealth Companies .
In 2006 the company was embroiled in a financial scandal that led to the resignation of William W. McGuire .
Business figures
year | Sales in billions of US $ |
Balance sheet profit in billion US $ |
Price per share in US $ |
Employees |
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2007 | 75.431 | 4.654 | 45.91 | |
2008 | 81.186 | 2,977 | 28.40 | |
2009 | 87.138 | 3.822 | 23.09 | |
2010 | 94.155 | 4,634 | 29.20 | |
2011 | 101.862 | 5.142 | 41.68 | |
2012 | 110.618 | 5.526 | 50.04 | |
2013 | 122.489 | 5.625 | 60.29 | 156,000 |
2014 | 130.474 | 5,619 | 78.28 | 170,000 |
2015 | 157.107 | 5.813 | 111.06 | 200,000 |
2016 | 184.840 | 7.017 | 131.31 | 230,000 |
2017 | 201.159 | 10,558 | 183.48 | 260,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2019. In: unitedhealthgroup.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
- ^ UnitedHealth Group on the Forbes Growth Champions List . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 20, 2017]).
- ↑ "A Board With Its Back To The Wall:. UnitedHealth directors are not ready to oust embattled CEO McGuire Here's why" , Business Week , July 10, 2006
- ↑ Joe Conason, Jersey hustler: Why did former Gov. Kean, once a respected statesman, mislead the public and the press about the accuracy of ABC's 'Path to 9/11'? " , Salon Magazin, September 15, 2006
- ↑ UnitedHealth Group Revenue 2006-2018 | UNH. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ UnitedHealth Group: Annual Report 2016 (Form 10-K). (PDF) Retrieved May 25, 2017 (English).