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Andrew Witty was born on 22 August, 1964 in England, United Kingdom, is a British business executive (born 1964). Discover Andrew Witty's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Occupation CEO, UnitedHealth Group
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 22 August, 1964
Birthday 22 August
Birthplace England, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1964

Sir Andrew Philip Witty (born 22 August 1964) is a British business executive, who is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of UnitedHealth Group.

1985

Witty joined Glaxo UK in 1985 as a management trainee.

He held various positions in the UK, including director of pharmacy & distribution in Glaxo Pharmaceuticals UK.

He served as a vice president and general manager of marketing of Glaxo Wellcome Inc., a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline with responsibility for strategy development, marketing execution and new product positioning.

2000

He served as an economic adviser to the governor of Guangzhou, China, from 2000 to 2002.

2003

He was appointed president, Pharmaceuticals Europe of GlaxoSmithKline plc in January 2003 and succeeded Jean-Pierre Garnier as CEO following his retirement in May 2008.

He was paid an annual salary of GB£948,000 and received bonuses and other compensation amounting to GB£2,180,000 for this role.

2008

He was also the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline between 2008 and 2017.

He formerly held the role of chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

Witty attended Malbank School (originally the "Nantwich and Acton Grammar School") in Nantwich, and then gained a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Nottingham.

2009

In February 2009 he pledged to make a major change in the way GSK pharmaceuticals are priced, in an attempt to make vital drugs more affordable in countries with the lowest incomes.

At the same time he announced that GSK would place certain patents in a pool so that they were freely available for others in the search for new drugs.

2010

From 2010 until 2015, Witty served on the business advisory board of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.

2012

Witty was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the economy and the UK pharmaceutical industry.

2013

In October 2012 it was announced that he had been appointed the chancellor of the University of Nottingham with effect from 1 January 2013, having maintained strong ties with the university since graduation.

In July 2013, the People's Republic of China announced that they were investigating allegations of fraud perpetrated by GSK going back to 2007 and involving thousands of millions of renminbi.

Witty stated "It appears that certain senior executives in the China business have acted outside our processes and controls to both defraud the company and the Chinese health care system. To see these allegations about people working for GSK is shameful. For me personally they are deeply disappointing."

From 2013 to 2015, Witty served on the UNAIDS–Lancet Commission for Defeating AIDS and Advancing Global Health, co-chaired by Joyce Banda, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Peter Piot.

2015

From 2015 until 2016, he was a member of the UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, led by Ruth Dreifuss and Festus Mogae.

In November 2015, Witty's leadership of GSK was criticised by Neil Woodford, who said that "he’s not doing a very good job".

Woodford called for GSK to be split into four companies.

2016

In March 2016, Witty announced that he was to step down as chief executive.

2017

Witty announced his retirement from the role of chancellor in November 2017.

From 2017 until 2018, Witty led the National Health Service’s Accelerated Access Collaborative.

2018

In July 2018, Witty became CEO of Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group.

He was also conferred the Honorary Citizen of Singapore in 2018.

2019

In November 2019, he was named president of UnitedHealth, in addition to his role as CEO of Optum.

2020

In April 2020, Witty took a one-year leave of absence from Optum to assist the World Health Organization in developing a vaccine for COVID-19.

In May 2020, he was appointed to the expert advisory group for the UK Government's Vaccine Task Force, chaired by Patrick Vallance.

Witty became CEO of UnitedHealth Group in February 2021.

In April 2021, he was also appointed to the Pandemic Preparedness Partnership (PPP), an expert group chaired by Vallance to advise the G7 presidency held by the government of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson.