UnitedHealth

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

logo
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

Business and employee development (the fiscal year ends on June 30th)
year Sales
in billions of US $
Balance sheet profit
in billion US $
Price per share
in US $
Employees
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

  1. a b Annual Report 2019. In: unitedhealthgroup.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  2. ^ UnitedHealth Group on the Forbes Growth Champions List . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  3. "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
  4. 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
  5. UnitedHealth Group Revenue 2006-2018 | UNH. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
  6. UnitedHealth Group: Annual Report 2016 (Form 10-K). (PDF) Retrieved May 25, 2017 (English).