REVEALED: The staggering amount of money UnitedHealth has lost since CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated

UnitedHealth Group has lost a staggering amount of money following the shocking December assassination of one of the healthcare company’s top executives, Brian Thompson. 

UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United States, has lost an astounding $63 billion in value since the grisly murder of one of the company’s chief executive officers. 

Thompson, 50, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare – an operating division of UnitedHealth Group – was gunned down outside Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel on December 4 by Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, just hours before New Yorkers gathered in the neighborhood for the annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center.

Now, just over a month later, the healthcare giant has seen a significant drop in value as the price of shares in the group have dropped by roughly $100 since the shock assassination. 

The stock price was valued at around $510 per share on Thursday, down from its $610 per share mark on December 4.

Yet, despite the decreasing value and the grisly murder raising concerns over the US healthcare system, UnitedHealth has posted a ‘better-than-expected’ profit in the final quarter of 2024, The Independent reported. 

On a call with analysts Thursday morning, the billion dollar group’s leaders opened a by offering thanks for the many condolences the company has received since Thompson’s untimely death. 

The healthcare CEO was gunned down outside Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel on December 4 by Luigi Mangione (pictured), a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, just hours before New Yorkers gathered in the neighborhood for the annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center

‘Brian helped build this company and forged deep, trusted relationships for over 20 years, and the positive impact he had on people will be felt for years to come,’ Chief Financial Officer John Rex said. 

The company’s foremen also noted the adjusted earnings for the three months ending in December came in at $6.81 a share – up 10.6 percent from the same period last year.

The year-end earnings are also 9 cents ahead of the Wall Street consensus forecast, according to The Independent.

Revenues also reportedly rose 6.4 percent to a whopping $100.8 billion, the Independent reported.

UnitedHealth Group operates the nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, which covers more than 49 million people in the United States. 

The healthcare company also operates a large pharmacy benefit manager that runs prescription drug coverage and a growing business that delivers care and provides technical support. 

UnitedHealth Group operates the nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, which covers more than 49 million people in the United States. Pictured: UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota

The healthcare giant has seen a significant drop in value as the price of shares in the group have dropped by roughly $100 since the shock assassination. Pictured: A protestor holds a sign outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024

despite the decreasing value and the grisly murder raising concerns over the US healthcare system, UnitedHealth has posted a ‘better-than-expected’ profit in the final quarter of 2024. Pictured: A protestor holds a sign outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024

The company’s full-year profit, which previously had climbed every year for nearly a decade, sank 36 percent to $14.4 billion in 2024. 

The reason, in part was due to costs tied to a massive cyberattack that hit its ‘Change Healthcare’ business early in the year.

The company was also sidelined last month by the sudden and shocking death of Thompson as he walked to the company’s annual investor meeting in mid-town Manhattan.