Will Ahmed | |
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| Education | AB, Harvard University, 2012 |
| Title | Founder & CEO of WHOOP |
William Ahmed is an American entrepreneur best known as the CEO of health wearables company WHOOP, which he founded in 2012. [1]
Will Ahmed | |
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| Education | AB, Harvard University, 2012 |
| Title | Founder & CEO of WHOOP |
William Ahmed is an American entrepreneur best known as the CEO of health wearables company WHOOP, which he founded in 2012. [1]
Ahmed grew up in Long Island, New York. He is an only child. As a child, he played multiple sports including soccer, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, golf, and sailing. [2] He attended high school at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. [3] He went on to graduate from Harvard College, where he studied government and was the captain of the squash team. [4]
In 2012, while a student at Harvard, Ahmed began developing new wearable technology that would allow athletes to measure recovery and optimize performance. [5] According to Ahmed, he began creating the technology after reading dozens of medical papers. The company's first wearable device launched in 2015. [6] Ahmed pursued a strategy of selling the product to top sports teams and athletes before marketing to the broader consumer base in order to generate a "halo effect" for the brand. [7] Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and NBA star Lebron James were among the first users of the device. [2]
In 2021, the company was valued at $3.6 billion. [8] Under Ahmed's leadership, WHOOP has recruited investors including SoftBank, IVP, Eli Manning, Patrick Mahomes, and Larry Fitzgerald. [9]
In 2022, Ahmed publicly claimed victory over Amazon in the wearable competition after Amazon discontinued its Halo wearable product. He alleged that Amazon's Halo band was a knockoff of the WHOOP device. Amazon publicly denied the allegations. [6]
In 2023, Ahmed was appointed to the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows. [10]
In May 2024, Ahmed announced that Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo had invested in WHOOP. [11] Ahmed and Ronaldo made the announcement in an Instagram Live video at Ronaldo's home in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [12]
Ahmed is married to Leily Amirsardary, an Iranian fashion designer. They married in 2018 during a three-day wedding in Cannes. [13]
Ahmed is an avid golfer. He has previously played in the Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am. [14]
Ahmed's father is Egyptian. [15] He immigrated to the United States and worked in the financial services industry. [7]
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