UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Wichmann retired after 40 months in the role and was succeeded by Andrew Witty, the company’s president, an abrupt move that raises questions about the reasons for the change. Mr. Witty, 56 years old, the former CEO of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC, became the chief executive of UnitedHealth’s Optum health-services unit in 2018, and added the president title in November 2019. Before joining UnitedHealth as an executive, he had served on its board.
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