Jeff Arnold (Internet entrepreneur)

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Jeff Arnold
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Jeff Arnold at the 2015 American Association of Diabetes Educators Conference in New Orleans.
Born
Jeffrey Todd Arnold

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
OccupationInternet entrepreneur
Years active1996–present
SpouseMeg Arnold
Children4

Jeffrey Todd Arnold is an American Internet entrepreneur and executive. Currently, he is Chairman and CEO of Sharecare, a health and wellness engagement platform that provides users with personal health tools.[1]

Professional career

In 1998, Arnold founded WebMD,[2] a health care company that provides consumers, health institutions, and physicians with medical information through the Internet.

After leaving WebMD, Arnold started a number of companies. In 2001, he formed The Convex Group,[3] a vulture fund.[4][5] A year later, Convex acquired HowStuffWorks, an online how-to resource.[6] Arnold served as chairman and CEO.[7]

In 2003, Arnold started LidRock, which produced promotional miniature CDs attached to the lids of fountain drinks sold at select businesses.[8][9][10] LidRock CDs were placed in between two lids, with the top one peeled away to obtain the disc.[11] Arnold purchased 19 patents from various companies in order to produce the LidRock concept.[3][8][9] The CDs were typically sold at fast-food restaurants and movie theaters,[12][9][10] and generally were used to promote new video games or music from singers such as Britney Spears.[9][13][14] More than 10 million LidRocks had been sold as of 2004,[11] and more than 30 million as of 2005.[15]

In 2004, Arnold purchased Flexplay, a Los Angeles-based company, along with its patents for disposable DVDs.[16][17]

In 2007, he sold HowStuffWorks to Discovery Communications, where he worked as Chief Digital Strategy Officer.[7]

Arnold co-founded Sharecare in 2010 with Dr. Mehmet Oz in partnership with Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and Discovery Communications. Since co-founding Sharecare, he has acquired 11 companies, including RealAge[18] and PKC[19] in 2012, BACTES[20] in 2013, and HealthWays and BioLucid [21] in 2016.

Arnold is currently the Chairman of Forbes Travel Guide[22] (formerly Mobil Travel Guide).

Awards

  • Entrepreneur of the Year, Southeast Region by Ernst & Young. (1999)[23]
  • Inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia. (2013)[24]
  • Blumenthal Award[25] by Johns Hopkins University in recognition of his ability to bridge business and technology.(2013)
  • Technology Association of Georgia Icons of the Industry’ Award (2016).[26]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the Atlanta chapter of TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) (2016)[27]
  • innovation category in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Health Care Heroes (2016 ).[28]

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Arnold". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ Journal, Ann Carrns Staff Reporter of The Wall Street (1999-05-21). "Thanks to WebMD, Atlantan, Only 29, Becomes a Billionaire". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ^ a b Lovel, Jim (2004-02-09). "Atlanta McDonald's testing LidRock concept". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  4. ^ Weisbecker, Lee (2001-06-04). "WebMD founder lures Thomas Tull to The Convex Group". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  5. ^ Helyar, John; Sung, Jessica (2001-03-05). "Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, could be the Poster Boy for the Internet bubble. And yet smart investors are already piling into his latest scheme". Fortune.
  6. ^ Nilsen, Kim (2002-09-02). "HowStuffWorks sold to vulture fund". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  7. ^ a b "Jeff Arnold : Discovery Digital Media : Discovery Press Web". press.discovery.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  8. ^ a b Burke, Monte (2004-01-12). "Pop Music". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  9. ^ a b c d Weinraub, Bernard (2004-03-29). "A Web Refugee Turns to Music And Says, 'Give the Lid a Spin'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  10. ^ a b Lees, Nancy (2003-10-01). "LidRock puts its disks where kids' mouths are". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  11. ^ a b "Music With That Soda Cup? Try Lidrock". ABC News. 2004-04-02. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  12. ^ Wilbert, Caroline (2004-03-01). "Pop Tops". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  13. ^ Hirsch, Deborah (2003-06-27). "Singer Rachel Farris' Big Break is Under the Lid". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  14. ^ "Soda 'pop' promo". Gainesville Sun. Associated Press. 2003-07-01. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  15. ^ "CDs on top of the pops". Chicago Tribune. 2005-01-23. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  16. ^ Abramowitz, Rachel (2004-10-18). "Is the concept of throwaway DVDs really a keeper?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  17. ^ "The "Trimultaneous" Release". 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  18. ^ "Sharecare Announces the Acquisition of RealAge - Sharecare". 2012-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Sharecare Announces the Acquisition of PKC Corporation - Sharecare". 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  20. ^ "Sharecare Announces Acquisition of BACTES - Sharecare". 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  21. ^ "Sharecare adds 1,700 employees with acquisition of Healthways' population health business". 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  22. ^ Moukheiber, Zina. "WebMD Founder Jeff Arnold Stages Comeback With New Health Site. Watch Out WebMD". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  23. ^ "Trends & talk around the town - Atlanta Business Chronicle". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  24. ^ "Jeff Arnold Inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia". www.tagonline.org. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  25. ^ "Blumenthal Lecture: Jeff Arnold, Chair and CEO Sharecare (2016-03-24)". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  26. ^ "Technology Association of Georgia To Honor Jeff Arnold with Icons of the Industry Award at 2016 Digital Media Entertainment Industry Summit - Technology Association of Georgia". Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  27. ^ "TiE Atlanta Top Entrepreneur Awards - Hypepotamus". 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  28. ^ "Arnold utilizes technology to promote better health - Atlanta Business Chronicle". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-08-18.


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