UnitedHealth CEO's pay passed $18 million in 2018; Optum chief got $21 million in his first year

UnitedHealth Group Inc. CEO David Wichmann was paid $18.1 million in 2018, a slight increase from his pay the year before. Andrew Witty, who was named CEO of UnitedHealth's Optum unit in March 2018, was paid $21.2 million in 2018. The Minnetonka-based insurer disclosed Wichmann and Witty's pay in a proxy statement filed late Friday. Wichmann's pay in 2018 was 316 times greater than that of UnitedHealth's median employee, according to the filing. Wichmann's 2018 pay was a roughly 4 percent increase…
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