# Jake Horowitz

> Jake Horowitz is the co-founder and CEO of Offcall, a San Francisco company building financial and career tools by and for physicians, aiming to cut burnout by making doctor pay transparent. He learned to build audiences the hard way as the co-founder and editor-at-large of Mic, the millennial news outlet that grew from a basement project into a 30-million-reader brand and interviewed figures from Barack Obama to Bill Gates before its 2018 sale. A Stanford history graduate and 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he married an emergency room nurse and turned her world into his next company.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Offcall
- **Organizations:** Offcall, Mic, Change.org, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, History / Political Science (Middle East history and politics), Stanford University, College preparatory, Horace Mann School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Mic, which grew from a two-person basement operation to reaching roughly 30 million people a month, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2014), Selected as a United Nations Youth Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated from Stanford University; worked at the Carnegie Endowment in Beirut and at Change.org
- **2011** — Co-founded PolicyMic with high school friend Chris Altchek
- **2014** — PolicyMic rebrands to Mic; named to Forbes 30 Under 30; later a UN Youth Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals
- **2018** — Mic sold to Bustle Digital Group after a Facebook video deal collapsed
- **2024** — Co-founded Offcall with Dr. Graham Walker; launched December 4, 2024 with $2M seed
- **2025** — Offcall publishes its Physicians AI Report and compensation data series

## Achievements

- Co-founded Mic, which grew from a two-person basement operation to reaching roughly 30 million people a month
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2014)
- Selected as a United Nations Youth Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals
- Interviewed world figures including Barack Obama, Bill Gates, David Cameron, Shimon Peres, Queen Rania and Kim Kardashian West
- Raised $2M seed for Offcall from Bloomberg Beta, Roar Ventures and 26 practicing physicians

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Launched Offcall with a $2M seed round and a confidential salary benchmarking tool for physicians.
- **2025-01** — Offcall released a Physicians AI Report and ongoing specialty compensation data series.

## Links

- Website: https://offcall.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobdhorowitz
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jacobdhorowitz

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Last updated: 2026-06-24