UnitedHealth Group revealed additional details about the compensation package for CEO Stephen Hemsley in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. | UnitedHealth Group revealed additional details about the compensation package for CEO Stephen Hemsley in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Stephen Hemsley ran UnitedHealth Group for more than a decade. It's a different company after four years with Andrew Witty in charge.

Stephen Hemsley hasn’ t been CEO at UnitedHealth Group in nearly a decade yet he’ s never really left. Since that day, the company’ s stock has fallen from $610 a share to $308 on Tuesday, an unprecedented decline for the company that culminated in this week’ s CEO transition.

Even UnitedHealth will struggle to overcome parasitic medical costs that Warren Buffett once called a tapeworm eating away at U.S. economic competitiveness. The $300 billion healthcare conglomerate reinstalled Chairman Stephen Hemsley as CEO and yanked its financial guidance.

UnitedHealth's stock has plunged nearly 40% year-to-date as the company has battled a series of crises. Can the healthcare giant turn it around? Seeking Alpha analysts weigh in.

UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH announced Tuesday morning that its CEO, Andrew Witty, will resign for personal reasons.. Stephen Hemsley, who previously held the CEO title from 2006 to 2017, will succeed him. Hemsley will also remain chairman of UnitedHealth's board of directors, and Witty will become senior adviser to the CEO.

Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth Group CEO, resigned from his position at the healthcare and wellbeing company on May 13, 2025.

Stephen Weiss, who frequently appears on CNBC, noted on the network yesterday that he was holding onto his position in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) after UNH’s CEO, Andrew Witty, resigned, citing “personal reasons.