Dr. Rajiv Kumar is the President and Chief Medical Officer of Virgin Pulse Institute, the research arm of Virgin Pulse, one of Sir Richard Branson's ventures. Its purpose is to identify scalable, data-driven, consumer-centric solutions to the top workplace issues facing companies today. Dr. Kumar and Virgin Pulse Institute are enthusiastic supporters of employee wellbeing, engagement, and sustainable lifestyle change.
Dr. Kumar jumped into this arena while he was still attending Brown University Medical School when he founded ShapeUp RI in 2006. Over the ensuing decade, he built that start-up from a dorm room idea to ShapeUp, a global company of over 100 employees, 800 organizational customers, and 2 million participants worldwide. In 2016, Dr. Kumar joined Virgin Pulse Institute after its acquisition of ShapeUp.
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