User:SharecareAD/Jeff Arnold

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Jeff Arnold
Arnold presenting in 2015
Born1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
EmployerSharecare

Jeff Arnold is an American entrepreneur who currently serves as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Sharecare, as well as chairman of Forbes Travel Guide. In addition to co-founding Sharecare, he previously founded WebMD, was the chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks, and served as chief of global digital strategy of Discovery Communications. Arnold is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and an honorary member of Sigma Theta Tau.

Education[edit]

Arnold is from the U.S. state of Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia,[2][3] where he studied communications before withdrawing in 1993.[4][5] He graduated from the university at a later date.[6][7]

Career[edit]

Arnold worked in pharmaceutical sales early in his career. Described by Atlanta magazine as a "serial" entrepreneur,[8] he has founded multiple health care companies, including cardiac monitoring business Quality Diagnostic Services (QDS), medical website WebMD,[9] and Atlanta-based Sharecare,[2] for which he serves as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).[10][11] Arnold was also the chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks.[12][13][14]

Arnold and his wife founded QDS in 1994,[4] and later sold the company in 1998 for $25 million.[1][5][15] In October 1998,[4] he launched WebMD at the age of 28,[8] and became a billionaire before the age of 30 after selling the business during 1999–2000.[1][12] Arnold continued to serve as CEO until he left WebMD in 2000 to start the venture fund Convex Group,[4][16][17] for which he also served as chairman and CEO.[18][19] He has been credited with the growth of HowStuffWorks, which Convex purchased in 2003 for $2 million and sold to Discovery Communications in 2007 for $250 million.[12][20] He has also been credited with helping Convex acquire Flexplay and LidRock.[21][22]

Arnold was Discovery Communications' chief of global digital strategy as of 2009–2010.[23][24][25] During 2010–2012,[26][27] he co-founded Sharecare with Mehmet Oz.[28] Arnold has been credited with finding investors for both WebMD and Sharecare in Nashville.[29]

Board service and recognition[edit]

In addition to Sharecare, Arnold is the chairman of Forbes Travel Guide.[2][30] He is also a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development,[31] a board member of Endeavor Atlanta,[32] and a board council member of the Center for Global Health Innovation.[33]

Arnold was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the Southeast by Ernst & Young (EY) twice, in 2000 for WebMD and for Sharecare in 2019.[6][34] He became an honorary member of the nursing organization Sigma Theta Tau in 2011,[35] and was inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia in 2013.[15] He also received a Phoenix Award, which recognizes Atlanta's "most outstanding health IT industry leaders", from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in 2013.[36]

In 2016, Arnold received the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Health-Care Heroes Award in the health care innovation category, and the journal's Tonya Layman described him as "an innovator in the digital health field for as long as the industry has existed".[37] Atlanta magazine presented him with a Groundbreaker Award in 2018 and included Arnold in the annual Atlanta 500 list in 2021.[9][8] He was named one of the city's "most admired" CEOs by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2021.[38] In 2022, Michael Jacobs included Arnold in Simply Buckhead's overview of successful entrepreneurs in the Buckhead area,[39] and Georgia Trend included him in its annual "Georgia 500" list of the state's most influential leaders.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Arnold and his wife have four children. In 1999, the couple purchased the Nunnally mansion (1937) on Blackland Road in Buckhead. The house caught fire in 2000.[40][41][42] The couple have also lived on Peachtree Battle Road in Atlanta.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Sullivan, Paul (January 18, 2019). "When Affluent Families Dig Up Their Past". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Tuchman, Robert (April 15, 2021). "How Success Happened for WebMD and Sharecare Founder Jeff Arnold". Entrepreneur. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Undergraduate Students". University of Georgia. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Carrns, Ann (January 17, 2001). "WebMD CEO Wygod Aims to Revive Struggling Firm With Strong Medicine". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Sharpe, Anita (January 14, 1999). "WebMD Aims to Become One-Stop Medical Library". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Categories of Honorees: Technology & Research". Georgia Trend. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Undergraduate Students". University of Georgia. Retrieved November 3, 2022. Some famous Alumni include D.J. Shockley, former Atlanta Falcons Quarterback, Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, amongst others.
  8. ^ a b c "2021 Atlanta 500: Business". Atlanta. January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Walljasper, Matt (October 29, 2018). "Jeff Arnold and Dawn Whaley". Atlanta. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Hensley, Ellie (January 14, 2016). "Q&A with Sharecare CEO Jeff Arnold". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  11. ^ De Lombaerde, Geert (February 24, 2020). "Sharecare buys Franklin health IT firm". NashvillePost.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c Ho, Rodney (June 15, 2009). "'Useful trivia' drives success of Atlanta's HowStuffWorks.com". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  13. ^ Morrissey, Brian (December 16, 2005). "HowStuffWorks Plans Expansion". Adweek. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  14. ^ Marshall, Matt (April 11, 2007). "HowStuffWorks raises whopping $75M for instructional video site". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  15. ^ a b Karkaria, Urvaksh (March 4, 2013). "WebMD founder Jeff Arnold inducted into Georgia Technology Hall of Fame". Atlanta Business Chronicle. American City Business Journals. Retrieved August 24, 2022. Arnold also was the founder of Quality Diagnostic Services
  16. ^ Helyar, John (March 5, 2001). "Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, could be the Poster Boy for the Internet bubble. And yet smart investors are already piling into his latest scheme". Fortune. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  17. ^ Woodson, Alex (October 16, 2007). "Discovery buys HowStuffWorks.com". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  18. ^ Graser, Marc (January 19, 2003). "Convex adds CAA's Adler". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  19. ^ "New DVDs have short life span". Sun Journal. January 18, 2005. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  20. ^ Stelter, Brian (June 30, 2008). "Online Encyclopedia Gets New Push From Discovery". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  21. ^ "WebMD's Founder Goes Hollywood". Bloomberg.com. October 18, 2004. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  22. ^ Wilbert, Caroline (October 26, 2003). "Still thinking huge". The Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  23. ^ "Simon & Schuster Selling e-Chapters". Publishers Weekly. November 2, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  24. ^ Ho, Rodney (November 5, 2009). "Jeff Arnold launches 'next generation WebMD'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  25. ^ Flamm, Matthew (January 9, 2010). "The land of Oz". Crain's New York. Crain Communications. Retrieved August 24, 2022. Jeff Arnold, a founder of WebMD and now chief of global digital strategy for Discovery Communications
  26. ^ Brown, Joel (July 15, 2019). "School of Public Health Will Crunch the Data on Well-Being". BU Today. Boston University. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  27. ^ "Alan Mnuchin-backed SPAC to take health app Sharecare public for $3.9 billion". Reuters. February 12, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  28. ^ Raines, Laura (February 22, 2011). "Bringing medical experts to the Internet". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  29. ^ Fletcher, Holly (August 18, 2016). "Dr. Oz and the founder of WebMD just planted their flag in Nashville". The Tennessean. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  30. ^ "Forbes Travel Guide Team". Forbes Travel Guide. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  31. ^ "Jeff Arnold". Committee for Economic Development. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  32. ^ "Endeavor Board". Endeavor Atlanta. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  33. ^ "Leadership". Center for Global Health Innovation. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  34. ^ "Who's the rat?". Atlanta Business Chronicle. June 17, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  35. ^ "Honorary Members". Sigma Theta Tau. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  36. ^ Couret, Jacques (November 13, 2013). "Metro Atlanta Chamber names Phoenix Award winners". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  37. ^ Layman, Tonya (May 13, 2016). "Arnold utilizes technology to promote better health". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  38. ^ "Atlanta Business Chronicle honors 2021 most admired CEOs". Atlanta Business Chronicle. August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  39. ^ Jacobs, Michael (September 29, 2022). "Heart of Innovation". Simply Buckhead. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  40. ^ Fox, David A. (October 22, 2000). "$6 MLN. ATLANTA HOME OF WEBMD'S ARNOLD BURNS". NashvillePost.com. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  41. ^ Weisbecker, Lee (June 4, 2001). "WebMD founder lures Thomas Tull to The Convex Group". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  42. ^ "Atlanta mansion being rebuilt". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 2001. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

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