BILL CARPOU
CEO
OCTANE
WHY: Is building Octane to promote OC’s tech and medtech businesses.
IN THE NEWS: Octane’s signature events, including the Aesthetics Tech Forum, the Opthalmology Tech Forum and a general Medical Innovation Forum, draw industry leaders, innovators and investors. “We’re adding neurovascular and neuroscience in 2025,” Carpou said.
NOTABLE: Carpou came West for a key post at Ikon Office Solutions in 1998 and eventually became an operating partner at investment firm Blackstone Inc. before joining Octane.
QUOTABLE: “At our events, I have so many people coming at me all at once it is difficult to move from one person to another. I don’t mean that in a negative sense. It’s just that I’m trying to move from one part of the event to someone else I want to talk to. And I got two people actually pulling on my coat saying, ‘I want to pitch you on something.’”
