Darin Buxbaum
Co-Founder & CEO, Wider Circle
Darin’s extensive healthcare experience includes proven success as an
entrepreneur and leader. He co-founded digital health, insurance tech,
healthcare services, and medical device companies and led large initiatives
at a Fortune 500 company.
He is the co-founder and CEO of Wider Circle, a technology-enabled health
services company. Previously he was co-founder and VP of Product at
Oration, an insurance tech company enabling self-insured employers and
their employees to reduce their prescription drug spend dramatically. In the
MedTech space, he founded HourGlass Technologies, a healthcare
technology start-up, and served as president and CEO for five-plus years. He
drove the development of new medical-device technology from concept to
clinical trial, earning recognition as one of the top 40 Innovators Under 40 in
the MedTech industry from the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry.
Darin’s enterprise experience includes leading the largest digital health
initiative at Medtronic, for which he was awarded the Star of Excellence, the
company’s highest honor.
Darin graduated Summa Cum Laude from Duke University and earned an
MBA from Stanford University, graduating as an Arjay Miller Scholar. Darin
remains active with Stanford as a contributor and mentor to the BioDesign
course and textbook.