Jonathan S. Bush
Jonathan S. Bush | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 10, 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO of athenahealth |
| Parent(s) | Jonathan Bush Josephine Bush |
| Relatives | George W. Bush (cousin) George H. W. Bush (uncle) Billy Bush (brother) |
Jonathan S. Bush (born March 10, 1969)[1] is the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of athenahealth, a Watertown, Massachusetts-based health care technology company founded in 1997.[2][3]
In 2000, Bush raised more than $10 million in venture capital funding to support athenahealth,[4] which launched a successful IPO in 2007.[5] Before founding athenahealth, Bush served as an associate of J. Bush & Company, Inc., and a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was a member of its Managed Care Strategy Group.
He is the son of Jonathan Bush, cousin of former U.S. President George W. Bush,[6] nephew of U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and brother of television presenter Billy Bush.
In 2007, he appeared in the Nova Marathon Challenge. The episode chronicled a group of people from different athletic backgrounds who trained over the course of a year to run in the 2007 Boston Marathon.[7]
Bush is the New York Times bestselling author, with Stephen L. Baker, of Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Fixing Health Care (Penguin, May 2014).[8]
Education
Bush attended Boston University for one year in 1988-89. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University.[2]
Military
In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, Bush trained as a combat medic (doing boot camp at Fort Jackson in South Carolina) but did not ship out because the war ended before he finished.[9]
References
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ a b Official athenahealth biography.
- ^ Jonathan S. Bush, "Jonathan Bush: Wiring Up Doctors". Fortune. Interview with Brian Dumaine. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ Oliver Ryan. January 22, 2007. "The Bush who pays the bills." Fortune. Vol. 155, Issue 1.
- ^ Lynn Cowan. September 21, 2007. "athenahealth IPO Soars 97%; Year's Best Debut Adds Some Zest To Slow September". Wall Street Journal p. C3.
- ^ Jennifer Reingold. July 2005. "The Bush [health-care] solution". Fast Company, issue 96.
- ^ Marathon Challenge biography
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2014-06-01/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html
- ^ Recovering workaholic: athenahealth Jonathan Bush finds healthy balance in life