ARUN GUPTA
FORMER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
BIG HEALTH
WHY: Previously headed app maker focused on developing non-drug options for common mental health conditions. Joined the company’s board in 2019 before being named CEO in 2022. Manages the San Francisco-based company out of Newport Beach, overseeing 200 employees. Has a long track record of running startups and also founded Quartet Health, where he raised hundreds of millions in capital by providing insurers and health systems with a way to enhance collaboration between physical and mental health providers.
IN THE NEWS: The company’s two digital therapeutics SleepioRx, intended to treat insomnia, and DaylightRx for generalized anxiety disorders, received FDA approval last year, making it so doctors can prescribe them as treatments to patients. While still a major investor, Gupta stepped down this year to be executive chairman at Parallel Systems. The Los Angeles-based startup, founded by former Space X engineer Matt Soule, is developing what it claims is the world’s first self-driving, electric-powered rail car.
NOTABLE: Company has raised approximately $130M to date with plans to raise more in light of receiving FDA clearance. Recognized at the Business Journal’s Innovator of the Year Awards last year.
QUOTABLE: “I’m having fun working on this mission and technology with a world class founder.” — on Parallel Systems.
