Christopher M. Schroeder is a leading entrepreneur and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. He is Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of HealthCentral, the highest quality collection of condition and wellness-specific interactive experiences focused on people finding and sharing real-life experiences related to their health needs. Backed by Polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group, Allen & Co., and IAC/Interactive Corp (IAC), HealthCentral also manages the leading condition-specific health online advertising network. HealthCentral’s sites reach over 23.1 million unique users each month.
Schroeder is an investor and advisor for a series of technology start-ups and funds ranging from news and media, education, social networks and marketing. He is also engaged in exploring more global trends towards entrepreneurship, with a special focus on the developing world and the Middle East.
A veteran of online media, Schroeder served as CEO and Publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, which hosts washingtonpost.com and newsweek.msnbc.com, among other leading news sites. During his tenure, the Company more than quadrupled in revenue and audience. Previously, Schroeder was CEO and President of LEGI-SLATE, INC, a leading online B2B provider of information on federal and state legislation and regulation, which he sold.
Prior to joining The Washington Post, Schroeder was a partner with Thayer Capital Partners, a leading private equity company in Washington, DC, and with the investment bank Salomon Brothers in New York, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions projects for a wide range of Fortune 500 companies. Schroeder has also had extensive government experience, serving in leading management roles in President George Bush’s 1988 and 1992 election campaigns, and working on Secretary of State James A. Baker’s staff with then Under Secretary (and currently President of the World Bank) Robert Zoellick.
Schroeder was a co-founder, and served as Chairman, of the Online Publishers Association (OPA), a leading research and information organization comprised of the CEOs of top online quality content publishers (including MSNBC, The NY Times, Dow Jones, ESPN.) He has won numerous awards, including PharmaVOICE Top 100 Most Inspiring People in Life Sciences, was one of the first interactive executives named to the American Advertising (AAF) Hall of Achievement (a national annual award honoring the leading executives in advertising). Schroeder was named one of the top business executives to watch by Business Forward Magazine, Media Magazine and the Washingtonian.
Schroeder writes and speaks extensively on the internet and consumer behavior, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and media magazines. The Washington Post most recently published his observations on a gathering of entrepreneurs he participated in, in the Middle East. He actively supports the Center for New America Security, Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), and is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, French American Foundation and American Council on Germany. He is a co-founder of activities through the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) connections between the US and Middle East CEOs. He also advises the National Gallery of Art. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and with honors from Harvard Business School. He is married to Alexandra Coburn, and has three children: Jack, Julia and Ben.
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What Chris has been up to:
- Keynoted and participated in Q&A at the e-Patient Connections 2011 conference in Philadelphia - full speech here – video here.
- HealthCentral CEO Christopher M. Schroeder gave a keynote and participate in other events at the Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit – full speech here.
- Spoke at Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 2011 about innovation and patient care – full speech here.
- Interviewed by Global Forum about his upcoming panel at DIA, “The Problems
and Promise of Using Social Media to Improve Patient Care.” - Named by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the area’s “Tech Titans” for 2011
- Co-authored “Egypt.com: Is It Time to Invest in Egyptian Start-ups?” published by All Things D, a supplement to WSJ.com.
- Interview with TAE Radio on Entrepreneurship in Dubai and a Unique Business Model.
- Published in The Washington Post on his observations of the Celebration of Entrepreneurship gathering in Dubai – “Dubai, a new locus of entrepreneurial energy.”
- Spoke and participated at the Celebration of Entrepreneurship event in Dubai. Check out the coverage on Wamda.com
- Participated in AZ Social Media Roundtable in New York City
- Moderated a Panel – The Advertising Club
- DTC Perspective’s June Issue - “The Era of the Empowered Patient”
- Presented – Health 2.0
- Presented – US-Jordan Investment and Trade Forum
- Co-Presented – DTC National – Presentation
- Presented – Techwadi’s Global Technology Forum
- Presented – Media Dealmakers Summit
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