---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000731766-25-000134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNH"
cik: "0000731766"
company_name: "UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T11:28:39.799854+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Witty steps down; Hemsley returns; 2025 outlook suspended on higher medical costs

## Summary
- Andrew Witty resigns as CEO effective May 12, 2025, for personal reasons; stays as senior advisor.
- Steve Hemsley, CEO from 2006-2017, appointed CEO and remains Board Chair; compensation includes $1M salary and one-time $60M stock option award.
- 2025 guidance withdrawn as medical cost trends accelerate and Medicare Advantage costs exceed expectations.
- Company expects to return to 13-16% long-term growth objective in 2026.
- Hemsley's severance includes 2x salary and bonus plus 24-month option vesting, conditioned on non-compete.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000731766-25-000134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNH
- cik: 0000731766
- company_name: UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176625000134/0000731766-25-000134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176625000134/unh-20250512.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-25-000134
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-25-000134.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000731766-25-000134.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Hemsley was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 12, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Steve Hemsley as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, beginning on the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176625000134/0000731766-25-000134-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Witty departed as Chief Executive Officer at UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 12, 2025, Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to step down from his position, effective May 12, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731766/000073176625000134/0000731766-25-000134-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.