/ Steven Girgenti
Steven Girgenti - President, CEO, Director and Co-Founder

  • Steven Girgenti was the Worldwide Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy
    Healthworld, a leading global healthcare communications network with 55
    offices in 36 countries.  The network has more than 1,000 brand assignments
    from nearly 200 clients worldwide, providing strategic marketing and
    communications services to most of the world's leading healthcare
    companies.
  • Mr. Girgenti founded Healthworld in 1986 and made numerous acquisitions to
    expand and diversify the business.  Under his leadership, Healthworld went
    public in 1997.  In 1998, and again in 1999, BusinessWeek named Healthworld
    one of the Best Small Corporations in America.  In 1999, Forbes listed Healthworld as one of the 200 Best Small Companies.  In 2003, Healthworld
    was acquired for $225 million.  It is now owned by WPP, the largest
    communications firm in the world.
  • Mr. Girgenti was recognized as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by NASDAQ in
    1999, and was named Med Ad News' first "Medical Advertising Man of the
    Year" in 2000.  Mr. Girgenti has served as a director of Burren Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacon International, and is currently a director of MDTV and Vycor Medical.  He is also Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Mt. Sinai Hospital Prostate Disease and Research Center in New York City, and is on the Board of Directors for Jack Martin Fund, a Mt. Sinai Hospital affiliated charitable organization devoted to pediatric oncology research.