Halle Tecco

Halle Tecco (born 1983 (age 41)) is the author of Massively Better Healthcare: The Innovator's Guide to Tackling Healthcare's Biggest Challenges, adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, founder and former CEO at Rock Health and Natalist, and an angel investor and philanthropist.

Education

Tecco earned a BS from Case Western and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she launched Rock Health as a student.[1] She received her MPH at Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in Women's and Reproductive Health.[2]

Career

In 2006, Tecco founded a non-profit, Yoga Bear, which connects cancer fighters and survivors with online access to yoga classes designed for those undertaking treatment.[3] In 2007, Tecco co-founded Techammer with her husband. In 2017, they invested $10,000 in Bitcoin in 2013 and made $250,000 which they donated to cancer research.[4]

In 2010, she founded digital health venture fund Rock Health, where she served as CEO until May 2016.[5]

In 2019, she founded Natalist, a reproductive health company focused on fertility and pregnancy products.[6] In 2021, Natalist was acquired by Everly Health. [7]

In 2026, Tecco published her first book, Massively Better Healthcare: The Innovator's Guide to Tackling Healthcare's Biggest Challenges, published by Columbia University Press.[8]

Awards

Tecco was named one of San Francisco Chronicle's Most Powerful Women in Technology (2014),[9] Goldman Sach's Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2013),[10] and Forbes 30 under 30 (2013).[11]

Personal life

Tecco is married to Jeff Hammerbacher, cofounder of Cloudera.[12] Through in vitro fertilization she gave birth to a son in 2017.[13]

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