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Michael Kopko
[edit]Michael Kopko is an American healthcare executive and entrepreneur.[1] He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pearl Health, a healthcare technology company that supports primary care providers participating in Medicare value-based payment models.[2] Early in his career, Kopko held leadership roles at Bridgewater Associates and Oscar Health.[3] He is also known for civic engagement work, including co-founding the nonprofit Impact Public Service Fund.[4]
Kopko has been named to the EY Entrepreneur of the Year list (New York, 2024)[5] and included in the Presidential Leadership Scholars program.[6] He has spoken at national forums such as the Health Evolution Summit,[7] lectured at Columbia Business School,[8] and authored thought leadership content on Medicare reform, value-based payment innovation, and primary care transformation through the Pearl Health blog[9] and industry publications including Health Affairs.[10]
Early life and education
[edit]Kopko studied economics as an undergraduate at Harvard College, where he founded DormAid, a student-run business offering dormitory cleaning and other services.[11] DormAid operated on more than 1,000 campuses and was featured in outlets including The New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, and Wired.[12]
After selling DormAid in 2009, Kopko earned an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was named a Feldberg Fellow.[13] At Columbia, he focused on business strategy, law, and transactions.[14]
Career
[edit]Bridgewater Associates
[edit]Following business school, Kopko joined Bridgewater Associates, the global macro hedge fund founded by Ray Dalio.[15] At Bridgewater, he served as Head of Research Analytics, leading teams responsible for modeling global macroeconomic hypotheses and supporting internal decision-making systems, and reported to the CEO.[16]
Oscar Health
[edit]He later served as an early employee and Vice President at Oscar Health Insurance, where he ran their largest P&L (+$3 billion), built their network contracting and early sales systems, contributed to operational scaling during the company’s expansion, and helped prepare the company for its IPO in 2021.[17]
Pearl Health
[edit]In 2020, Kopko founded Pearl Health with co-founders Jeffrey De Flavio, MD, and Ankit Patel.[18] Pearl Health, based in New York City, develops software and services to support primary care providers participating in Medicare value-based payment models.[19]
Since its founding in 2020, Pearl has expanded nationally, partnering with thousands of providers across over 40 states.[20] Pearl is backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Viking Global Investors, AlleyCorp, and Ulysses Management.[21] The company’s leadership team includes physicians, technologists, public health experts, and healthcare operators.[22]
Pearl Health has been featured in outlets including Forbes,[23] Fierce Healthcare,[24] MedCity News,[25] Becker’s Hospital Review,[26] Health Tech Nerds,[27] and Hospitalogy.[28]
Recognition, civic involvement, and industry engagement
[edit]In 2024, Michael Kopko was selected as a regional winner in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year program.[29] The same year, he was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar.[30] He was also named to Diversity MBA’s Top 100 Under 50 list.[31]
Kopko is a co-founder of the Impact Public Service Fund.[32][33] He also serves on the board of the Feldberg Fellowship at Columbia Business School.[34]
He has participated in national business and healthcare forums as a speaker and panelist, lecturing at Columbia Business School,[35] speaking at the Health Evolution Summit,[36] and contributing to public conversations through interviews and podcasts.[37]
Personal life
[edit]Kopko resides in New York City with his wife Marcela and daughters Charlotte and Victoria.
References
[edit]- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. Pearl Health, Our Team, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Andreessen Horowitz, Investing in Pearl Health, September 22, 2021.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. Pearl Health, Our Team, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. PR Newswire, Pearl Health CEO Michael Kopko recognized as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 New York Award Winner, June 20, 2024.
- ^ Presidential Leadership Scholars, 2024 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced, January 24, 2024. Pearl Health, Michael Kopko Selected as 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholar, January 2024.
- ^ Health Evolution, Discussion Leader Michael Kopko, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia Business School, Healthcare Leadership Series, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Pearl Health, Tectonic Shifts in Healthcare Spending: The $4 Trillion Fault Line, September 2022.
- ^ Health Affairs, Aligning Accountable Care Models With The Goal Of Improving Population Health, March 11, 2024.
- ^ The Harvard Crimson, Administration permits student-run DormAid to compete with longtime on-campus cleaning agency, September 27, 2006. LinkedIn, Michael Kopko, accessed September 2025.
- ^ The New York Times, At Harvard, an Unseemly Display of Wealth or Merely a Clean Room?, March 22, 2005. Fox News, Class Warfare in Cambridge, PC Protects Predator, March 21, 2005. NBC News, Not your father's college dorm, or even yours, September 14, 2006. Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Bridgewater, Culture, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. Pearl Health, Our Team, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025. Pearl Health, Our Team, accessed September 2025. Oscar Health, Oscar Health, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering, March 2, 2021.
- ^ Andreessen Horowitz, Investing in Pearl Health, September 22, 2021. HIT Consultant, Pearl Health Raises $18M to Support Independent Primary Care Physicians, September 22, 2021. Forbes, Betting On Value: How Pearl Health Is Helping Primary Care Lead the Value-Based Care Charge, June 20, 2023.
- ^ Digital Health New York, 2024 New York Healthcare Innovation Report.
- ^ Hospitalogy, Pearl Health Finds a Pearl: Walgreens, June 20, 2023. Pearl Health, Year in Review: 2024, January 2024.
- ^ Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens and Pearl Health Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Value-Based Care Delivery, September 12, 2023. Pearl Health, Pearl Health Releases Top 50 Value-Based Care Thinkers of 2025, June 2025.
- ^ LinkedIn, Pearl Health, People, accessed September 2025. Pearl Health, Our Team, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Forbes, Betting On Value: How Pearl Health Is Helping Primary Care Lead The Value-Based Care Charge, June 20, 2023.
- ^ Fierce Healthcare, Pearl Health clinches $75M backed by a16z to scale up value-based care tech, January 30, 2023.
- ^ MedCity News, Pearl Health Rakes In $75M to Enable More Physician Participation in VBC, January 26, 2023.
- ^ Becker’s Hospital Review, 11 healthcare startups on the rise, per LinkedIn, September 28, 2023.
- ^ Health Tech Nerds, Weekly Health Tech Reads | 5/19/24.
- ^ Hospitalogy, Breaking down physician enablement care platforms, May 12, 2022.
- ^ EY, Meet the 2024 New York Finalists, accessed September 2025. PR Newswire, Pearl Health CEO Michael Kopko recognized as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 New York Award Winner, June 20, 2024.
- ^ Presidential Leadership Scholars, 2024 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced, January 24, 2024. Pearl Health, Michael Kopko Selected as 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholar, January 2024.
- ^ Diversity MBA Media, Top 100 Under 50 Executive & Emerging Leaders, accessed September 2025. Diversity MBA Media, Top 100 Biographies – Michael Kopko, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Impact Public Service Fund, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Impact Public Service Fund, Impact Public Service Fund, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia University, Feldberg Fellows, Michael Kopko Bio, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Columbia Business School, Healthcare Leadership Series, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Health Evolution, Discussion Leader Michael Kopko, accessed September 2025.
- ^ Race To Value, Ep 182 – Democratizing Access to Value in Healthcare, September 11, 2023. Primary Care for America, Ep. 148 Striking the Balance: Moving towards Value Based Care w/ Michael Kopko, accessed September 2025.