About

Chris Zaetta has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of UnitedHealth Group since May 2024. He previously served as Chief Legal Officer of Optum from 2020 to 2024, was Vice President at Johnson & Johnson before rejoining in 2020, and held several leadership roles at UnitedHealth Group from 2011 to 2019 including Head of Litigation.

Roles

Unitedhealth Group Inc.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary · Current role
2011–present
UnitedHealth Group
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
2024–Present
Optum
Chief Legal Officer
2020–2024
Johnson & Johnson
Vice President
—
UnitedHealth Group
Head of Litigation and General Counsel of government businesses (various roles)
2011–2019

Fixed Compensation

FY 2025
Base salary
$845,192
Payment scheduleBi-weekly, in cash
Evaluation periodFY2025
All other compensation
$21,270
401(k) match$15,750
Insurance premiums$5,520
Total compensation
$15,792,307
Fiscal year2025

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2025

Cash incentive

2025 annual cash incentive award
$925,000
Target Opportunity
—
Plan2008 Executive Incentive Plan
Evaluation periodFY2025
Amount deferred$277,500
Revenue
$461.7B target
Target Opportunity
—
Weighting30%
Threshold / Target / Max$438.6B / $461.7B / $484.8B
2025 adjusted resultBetween threshold and target
Evaluation periodFY2025
Operating income
$38.5B target
Target Opportunity
—
Weighting30%
Threshold / Target / Max$32.7B / $38.5B / $44.3B
2025 adjusted resultBelow threshold
Evaluation periodFY2025
Cash flow from operations
$32.0B target
Target Opportunity
—
Weighting15%
Threshold / Target / Max$27.2B / $32.0B / $36.8B
2025 adjusted resultBelow threshold
Evaluation periodFY2025
Net Promoter Score (NPS)
12.5% weighting
Target Opportunity
—
Weighting12.5%
2025 resultBetween threshold and target
Evaluation periodFY2025
Employee Experience Index (EXI)
12.5% weighting
Target Opportunity
—
Weighting12.5%
2025 resultBetween threshold and target
Evaluation periodFY2025

Stock awards

2025 long-term incentive (target value)
$7,000,000
Award mix50% performance shares / 25% stock options / 25% RSUs
RSUs + performance shares grant-date fair value$12,250,835
Stock options grant-date fair value$1,750,010
Evaluation periodFY2025
Performance shares (PSUs)
Not disclosed
Target shares (#)6,967
Weighting50%
Vesting3-year cliff (payout 0–200%)
Performance metricsAdjusted EPS (50%) / Return on equity (50%)
Grant year2025 (2025–2027 performance period)
Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Not disclosed
Target shares (#)3,484
Weighting25%
VestingRatable over 4 years
Grant year2025
Non-qualified stock options
$1,750,010
Options granted (#)14,773
Weighting25%
VestingRatable over 4 years
Grant year2025

Also at Unitedhealth Group Inc.

Colleague
Charles Baker
Independent Director
Colleague
Timothy Flynn
Independent Director
Colleague
Paul Garcia
Independent Director

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