Primary Job Title CEO & Founder Primary Organization Virta Health
Location Denver, Colorado, United States Regions Greater Denver Area, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type Individual/Angel Investor Stage Seed Number of Exits
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Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO and
president and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors.
A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.