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