CEO, GLIDEWELL LABORATORIES
WHY: Runs largest privately owned dental implant provider: $500M in annual sales, thousands of local workers with cluster of buildings in Irvine, Newport Beach. Products include crowns, dentures, composites, ceramics. Directs R&D.
RECENT: Included in a clinical trial for remdesivir, after falling ill with COVID- 19 and being hospitalized.
NOTABLE: He says he has no plans to retire despite his recent health scare, and especially with everything going on in the industry. “I feel I owe it to dentists and patients everywhere to see them through.” New memoir out soon.
