Background
Richard T. Burke worked in health plan administration in Minnesota during the early HMO era of the 1970s, when federal policy began encouraging prepaid, managed care plans.
Role at UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
Richard T. Burke founded Charter Med in 1974 and formed United HealthCare Corporation in 1977 to manage newly created health maintenance organizations, starting with the Physicians Health Plan of Minnesota. He led the company through its 1984 IPO and early regional growth, later served on the board, and stepped away from day-to-day management as William McGuire took over in the early 1990s.
Richard T. Burke was born in 1943.
Richard Taylor Burke was born in 1943. A hockey fan, he was responsible for moving the Winnipeg Jets to Arizona, where the team became the Coyotes.