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United CEO David Wichmann was paid $18.1m in 2018. Wichmann's pay in 2018 was 316x greater than the UnitedHealths median employee pay. This is up from 2017 which was 298x). He recorded a total compensation of $83.2 million in 2017.
Andrew Witty who was named CEO of Optum in March 2018, was paid $21.2M in less than a year in the position.
2018:
The top 5 execs split $69.1m
The median employee pay at UH was $57,412
2017:
The top 5 execs split $65.6m in 2017.
The median employee pay at UH was $58,378
2018:
Stephen Hemsley - Executive Chairman = $11.4m
John Rex - CFO = $8.6m
Stephen Nelson - CEO of UHC = $9.8m
2017:
David Wichmann = $17.4m
Stephen Hemsley = $18.5m
John Rex = $7.9m
Stephen Nelson = $7.6m
Larry Renfro = $14.2m
This shows a trend of a DECREASE in median employee pay while the execs is increasing.
These facts can be found in the public financial reports released around March each year. Cant wait to see what happened in 2019!