Cyrus Massoumi
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Cyrus Massoumi | |
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 Massoumi in 2000 | |
| Born | c. 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Phillips Academy, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Zocdoc |
Cyrus Massoumi is an American entrepreneur who is the founder of telehealth service Dr. B and the founder of the investment fund humbition.[1][2] He is also the founder of Zocdoc and was the company's CEO for eight years.[3]
Massoumi graduated high school at the Phillips Academy in the class of 1994.[4] He then graduated with a BS Degree in Entrepreneurial Management, Finance and Operations and Information Management in 1998 from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also received an MBA[5] with honors from Columbia University in 2003.[6] Massoumi was a recipient of the Heffernan Award for Outstanding Service from Columbia University.[7]
Business career
Early years
While in college, Massoumi worked for Walt Disney Company and served as a staffer for a US Senator.[8] In 1998, he joined the business development team of Trilogy Software where he shared a desk with future Zocdoc co-founder Nick Ganju.[5][9] At the age of 22, he founded a software company called OneSizeTooSmall. The company closed in 2001, and Massoumi spent six months backpacking through China to figure out what he wanted to do next.[10] After finishing Columbia Business School, he became an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company specializing in healthcare and technology.[7]
Zocdoc
Massoumi founded Zocdoc together with Nick Ganju and Dr. Oliver Kharraz in 2007. Zocdoc is a New York-based online booking company that provides patients with the option of booking empty slots in doctors’ schedules using their mobile devices.[3] Massoumi got the idea for the company after waiting four days with a ruptured eardrum to try to see a doctor.[11][12] Their services reach 40% of the US population in 1900 cities.[3] As CEO, Massoumi raised $220M. Some of their investors included: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Goldman Sachs, founder of SV Angel Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, DST Global, Atomico and the Founders Fund among others.[3] In August 2015, the company was valued at $1.8 billion.[13] Zocdoc was recognized as a Best Place to Work both in New York and Arizona for four consecutive years.[5][14] In November 2015, Massoumi stepped down as the company CEO and passed the job to fellow co-founder Oliver Kharraz. ZocDoc assisted cities in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.[15]
humbition
In 2018, Massoumi and Indiegogo founder Slava Rubin created humbition, a 30 million dollar fund that invests in New York startups.[16] The fund's advisors include Neil Blumenthal, founder of Warby Parker; Payal Kadakia, founder of ClassPass; Scott Harrison, founder of Charity:Water; and Philip Krim, founder of Casper.[17] The name 'humbition' was first used by Massoumi in 2013 during interviews with Fortune and CBS. He defined 'humbition' as "a quality in which people (leaders) are humble enough to put the team before themselves," [18] but should also be ambitious and constantly working to improve.[19]
Dr. B
In February 2021, Massoumi founded Dr. B, which at the time served as a “vaccine standby list” website to make unclaimed COVID-19 vaccines more accessible, especially for high-risk patients.[20] Within 90 days of launching, Dr. B facilitated the delivery of over one million vaccine doses to patients.[21][22][23] Since then, Dr. B has expanded its focus to offer convenient and affordable medical care for a variety of treatments, emphasizing equitable access to healthcare for all.[24][25]