Mario Schlosser is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oscar Health, the first health insurance company built around a full-stack technology platform. He leads the company's product and engineering, with a focus on building Oscar's tech platform for the future and continuing to set the strategy for +Oscar. Mario is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with a background in consumer technology. Prior to Oscar, he co-founded Latin America's largest social gaming company and worked at Bridgewater Associates and McKinsey & Company. He also wrote and co-authored 10 computer science publications, including one of the most-cited computer science papers published in the past decade, in which he developed the EigenTrust Algorithm to securely compute trust in randomized networks.
Mario Schlosser Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
Academic History
Mario served as CEO of Oscar, leading the company from inception to serving over 1 million members.
Under his leadership, Oscar has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies in health, one of CNBC’s top 50 disruptors, and one of TIME’s most influential in health care.
He stepped down as CEO and was succeeded by Mark Bertolini, former CEO of Aetna and Co-CEO Bridgewater Associates.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Duolingo
Board of Directors, Tech:NYC
Board of Directors, Guiding Council of One Mind at Work
Board of Directors, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology
EARLY CAREER
Before co-founding Oscar, Mario also co-founded Vostu, the largest social gaming company in Latin America, where he led the company's analytics and game design practices.
He was a Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater Associates and worked as a Consultant for McKinsey & Company in Europe, the U.S. and Brazil.
Mario also spent time as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, where he wrote and co-authored 10 computer science publications, including one of the most-cited computer science papers published in the past decade, in which he developed the EigenTrust Algorithm to securely compute trust in randomized networks.
RECOGNITIONS
2019 Seoul Test of Time Award, International World Wide Web Conference Committee
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS