# Cherrill Farnsworth

> Cherrill Farnsworth is a Houston-based entrepreneur, the founder and former CEO of HealthHelp, and an operating partner at WindRose Health Investors. Her career includes seven founded companies, an early Houston bus franchise, equipment leasing ventures, corporate board service, and the 2017 acquisition of HealthHelp by WNS for $95 million before specified adjustments.

- **Role:** Operating Partner at WindRose Health Investors
- **Organizations:** HealthHelp, WindRose Health Investors, Healthmap Solutions, Suburban Transportation Co., TME Inc., WNS, One Homecare Solutions, Butler University, Committee of 200
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, Butler University
- **Known for:** Professional biographies credit her with founding seven companies., Founder and former CEO of HealthHelp, acquired by WNS in 2017., Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient.

## Career timeline

- **1977** — Secured a Houston bus franchise for Suburban Transportation Co.; the business was later sold to the City of Houston.
- **1986** — Recognized in Houston as a Woman on the Move.
- **1990s** — Founded HealthHelp; contemporaneous and later accounts differ on the precise founding year.
- **2000** — HealthHelp recorded $27 million in sales and ranked 213 on the Inc. 500.
- **2001** — HealthHelp closed a $14 million fourth financing round after nine months; Farnsworth received Houston’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year recognition.
- **2008** — WindRose made a majority equity investment in HealthHelp.
- **2015** — Elected to the Committee of 200.
- **2017** — WNS acquired HealthHelp for $95 million before cash, debt, and working-capital adjustments.
- **2020** — Listed as non-executive chairman of WNS-HealthHelp; joined One Homecare Solutions’ strategic advisory board in August and WindRose as operating partner in November.
- **2025** — Announced as a participant in RadSite’s twentieth-anniversary roundtable.

## Achievements

- Professional biographies credit her with founding seven companies.
- Founder and former CEO of HealthHelp, acquired by WNS in 2017.
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient.
- KPMG Peat Marwick High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient.
- Elected to the Committee of 200 in 2015.
- Graduated magna cum laude from Butler University and served on its board of trustees.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — RadSite announced Farnsworth as a speaker for its April 29 twentieth-anniversary roundtable alongside Garry Carneal, moderated by Mark Hiatt.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherrill-farnsworth-0a91535

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Last updated: 2026-10-26