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Health & Wellness Industry

Exclusive interviews with health and wellness CEOs and founders. Learn how they built successful companies in the health industry.

Health & Wellness Industry

Health & Wellness

6 interviews

Health & Wellness Industry Interviews

Explore interviews with founders and CEOs in the health and wellness industry. Learn about their journeys, challenges, and strategies for success in building health-focused businesses.

Tom Bilyeu
Health & Wellness, eCommerce, Retail, Production, Marketing

Tom Bilyeu

Co-founder & Former CMO

$1M+/month
4.9/5
B2C
Manufacturing
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2010

How I turned $10,000 and a home-made protein bar recipe into a $1 billion business by focusing on community and value over profits.

April 29, 2024Read Interview
Zach Yadegari
AI, Health & Wellness, Technology, SaaS

Zach Yadegari

Founder

$2 million/month
4.9/5
B2C
Subscription-based
Freemium
B2B
20 employees
USA
Started 2015

How I built an AI-powered calorie tracking app that disrupted the fitness industry and scaled to $24M in yearly revenue.

June 8, 2024Read Interview
Indra Nooyi
Retail, Marketing, Production, Health & Wellness, eCommerce

Indra Nooyi

Former CEO

$1M+/month
4.4/5
B2C
B2B
Marketplace
Manufacturing
50+
USA
Started 2009

Indra Nooyi led PepsiCo through a period of unprecedented growth, pioneering a focus on health conscious products and sustainable development.

July 11, 2025Read Interview
Anne Mahlum
Fitness, Health & Wellness, Technology

Anne Mahlum

Founder & CEO

$100K–$500K/month
4.9/5
B2C
Subscription-based
Solo Founder
USA
Started 2013

Anne Mahlum turned Solid Core into a fitness empire, scaling it from one location to over 100 nationwide, with a nine figure exit. From working with the homeless to building a thriving business, Anne’s story is one of resilience, leadership, and innovation.

August 8, 2025Read Interview
Chetan Parikh
AI, SaaS, Technology, Health & Wellness

Chetan Parikh

CEO & Founder

$100K-$500K/month
4.9/5
B2B
Subscription-based
21-50
USA
Started 2021

Chetan Parikh left a chemical engineering career to build applied AI for healthcare. After exiting EZDI, he founded RAAPID to bring neuro-symbolic and agentic AI to risk adjustment and coding, aiming for trustworthy automation, fewer audits, and coders working at top of license.

September 22, 2025Read Interview
Dave Ricks
Pharmaceuticals, AI, Health & Wellness

Dave Ricks

Chair & CEO

$1M+/month
4.8/5
B2B
50+
USA
Started 2015 or earlier

Dave Ricks is leading Eli Lilly through the GLP-1 boom and an AI-powered R&D shift, trying to compress drug discovery timelines while keeping a hard focus on safety, access, and real-world outcomes.

November 23, 2025Read Interview