Adrian Aoun: CEO and Founder, Forward Health
Adrian Aoun
Adrian Aoun, Forward Health’s CEO and Founder, is anything but one-dimensional. He wants Forward Health to change how the world does health care; to increase both access and improve quality all at once. On this episode of Y in the Valley, Ashish chats with Adrian about his 30-year plan to get Forward’s offering — focused affordable services centered on prevention and protecting long-term health — to not just millions of people in the US, but billions around the globe. They discuss the role bleeding-edge technology plays in Forward’s patient experience, and why thinking about healthcare as a product rather than a service can help the health industry level up to meet tomorrow’s challenges head on.
Show Notes
2:21 - Immigration, assimilation + the insight that followed
7:00 - Launching his first company
12:45 - Working as an advisor to the Obama Administration
16:27 - Fast forward to…Forward Health
25:40 - Why healthcare should be a product, not a service
36:46 - Landing Forward’s first 1k customers
46:08 - The Sprint