COMPANY

Founded 1977 as United HealthCare Corporation, became public in 1984, renamed to UnitedHealth Group in 1998. Parent of Golden Rule Insurance Co.

Official Website:
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/

Industry:
Health

Ticker:
NYSE:UNH

Corporate headquarters:
Minnetonka, MN

Sales:
$45.4B (2005)

Employees:
55,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard H. Anderson	Business	1956		CEO of Delta Airlines
Charles G. Berg	Business	c. 1957		Chairman, Wellcare Health Plans
Victoria Buyniski Gluckman	Business	c. 1951		United Medical Resources
Stephen J. Hemsley	Business	c. 1952		CEO of UnitedHealth Group
Jacqueline B. Kosecoff	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Ovations Pharmacy Solutions
William W. McGuire	Business	1948		CEO of UnitedHealth, 1992-2006
Mike Mikan	Business	c. 1972		EVP at UnitedHealth Group
Lois E. Quam	Business	c. 1961		Managing Director, Piper Jaffray
Anthony Welters	Business	c. 1955		AmeriChoice
Allen F. Wise	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Coventry Health Care, 1996-2004

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William C. Ballard, Jr.	Business	10-Sep-1940		CFO of Humana, 1970-92
Richard T. Burke	Business	c. 1944		Founder of UnitedHealth Group
Stephen J. Hemsley	Business	c. 1952		CEO of UnitedHealth Group
Michele J. Hooper	Business	c. 1951		Co-Founder, The Directors' Council
James A. Johnson	Business	24-Dec-1943		CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
Thomas H. Kean	Politician	21-Apr-1935		Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90
Douglas W. Leatherdale	Business	c. 1935		CEO of St. Paul Companies, 1990-2001
Mary O. Mundinger	Educator	c. 1937		Dean, Columbia School of Nursing
Robert L. Ryan	Business	c. 1943		CFO of Medtronic, 1993-2005
Donna Shalala	Government	14-Feb-1941		Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001
Gail R. Wilensky	Activist	14-Jun-1943		Health care official

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William W. McGuire	Business	1948		CEO of UnitedHealth, 1992-2006

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