Michael Kopko ’09

Michael is co-founder and CEO of Pearl Health. Michael served as an early employee and Vice President at Oscar Health, where he built their sales and network functions. He managed the company’s largest P&L at +$2.5B before helping take the company public with its IPO.

Prior to Oscar, Michael worked for Bridgewater Associates in the company’s Research, Client Service, and Recruiting departments. While at Bridgewater, he was the Head of Research Analytics where he reported to the CEO and Ray Dalio. In 2009 he successfully sold DormAid, a college service company, which he launched and ran while he was a student at Harvard.

He is the recipient of Columbia’s Feldberg Fellowship, where he received his M.B.A. He received his A.B. from Harvard College. In 2024 he was selected as a Presidential Leadership Scholar.