NYSE: UNH
Headquarters: 9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, MN 55343
http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com

Market Cap (as of June 2010): $35.24 billion

2009 Revenue: $87.14 billion (a 7.3 percent change from 2008)

Key Officers: Stephen J. Hemsley, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director; Gail K. Boudreaux, Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group, President UnitedHealthcare; G. Mike Mikan, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

The UnitedHealth Group consists of several businesses that work to improve the healthcare system and the health of communities. Health benefits are offered through UnitedHealthcare, which serves businesses and individuals; Ovations, which serves people age 50 and over; and AmeriChoice, which offers Medicaid and related programs.

The Ingenix company of the UnitedHealth Group provides software and consulting to companies in the health care business; the OptumHealth business offers health services like banking; and Prescription Solutions provides benefit management services to groups.

Because about 30 percent of children are obese (double the amount of obese children in the 1980s), the company started the UnitedHealth HEROES program, which provides grants to schools and community centers across the country to use in teaching young people about obesity and prevention.

UnitedHealth is currently at number 21 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list of largest companies based on revenue. It is ranked first in the health care industry.

Sources: unitedhealthgroup.com, money.cnn.com, Google Finance

Compiled by Life Quotes, Inc. staff