Jeff Arnold | |
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 Arnold in 2015 | |
| Born | 1969or1970(age 55–56) [1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Employer | Sharecare |
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Jeffrey Todd Arnold is an American Internet entrepreneur and media proprietor. He co-founded the health platform Sharecare with Mehmet Oz in 2010, which provides users with personal health tools. [2]
Arnold is from the U.S. state of Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia, [3] [4] where he studied communications before withdrawing in 1993. [5] [6] He graduated from the university at a later date. [7] [8]
Arnold worked in pharmaceutical sales early in his career. Described by Atlanta magazine as a "serial" entrepreneur, [9] he has founded multiple health care companies, including cardiac monitoring business Quality Diagnostic Services (QDS), medical website WebMD, [10] and Atlanta-based Sharecare, [3] for which he is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO). [11] [12] Arnold was also the chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks. [13] [14]
Arnold and his wife founded QDS in 1994, [5] and later sold the company in 1998 for $25 million. [1] [6] [15] In October 1998, [5] he launched WebMD, a health care company that provides consumers, health institutions, and physicians with medical information through the Internet. Arnold continued as CEO until he left WebMD in 2000. [5] [16] [17] In 2001, he formed The Convex Group, [18] a vulture fund, for which he also was chairman and CEO. [19] [20] 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. [13] [21] He has also been credited with helping Convex acquire Flexplay and LidRock. [22] [23] In 2010, he co-founded Sharecare with Mehmet Oz. [24] [25] Arnold has been credited with finding investors for both WebMD and Sharecare in Nashville. [26]
In 2003, Arnold started LidRock, which produced promotional miniature CDs attached to the lids of fountain drinks. [27] LidRock CDs were placed in between two lids, with the top one peeled away to obtain the disc. [28] Arnold purchased 19 patents from various companies in order to produce the LidRock concept. [18] [29] [30] The CDs were typically sold at fast-food restaurants and movie theaters, [31] [30] [27] and generally were used to promote new video games or music from singers such as Britney Spears. [30] [32] [33] More than 10 million LidRocks had been sold as of 2004, [28] and more than 30 million as of 2005. [34]
Some famous Alumni include D.J. Shockley, former Atlanta Falcons Quarterback, Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, amongst others.
Arnold also was the founder of Quality Diagnostic Services
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