- CEO
- Stephen J. Hemsley
- Full Time Employees
- 390,000
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Healthcare Plans
- Address
- Eden Prairie MN United States of America
- IPO Date
- Dec 22, 2025
- Business
- UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is a health care and well-being company that provides health benefits and health services through its two complementary platforms, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the company serves individuals, employers, government programs, care providers, life sciences companies and other health care participants across the United States and select international markets. UnitedHealth Group operates through four reportable segments: UnitedHealthcare; Optum Health; Optum Insight; and Optum Rx. UnitedHealthcare offers employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and other government health benefit plans and related services; Optum Health provides care delivery, population health, wellness, consumer engagement and health financial services; Optum Insight delivers health care technology, data, analytics, consulting, revenue-cycle and payment solutions; and Optum Rx offers pharmacy care services, medication management, specialty pharmacy, home delivery, formulary management and related pharmacy benefit services. The company has recently realigned certain businesses by moving Optum Financial, including Optum Bank, from Optum Health into Optum Insight, reflecting a reporting change effective January 1, 2026. In 2026, UnitedHealth Group also agreed to acquire Alegeus Technologies, a consumer-directed health care benefits administration platform, completed the sale of its Optum UK business, and initiated at least $2 billion of share repurchases, while continuing a broader strategic shift toward simplifying and modernizing its U.S. health care operations, increasing technology and AI investment, strengthening governance and refocusing on U.S. health care.