# Kurt Knight

> Kurt Knight is the CEO of Foodsmart, the largest digital food-as-medicine platform in the United States, appointed in March 2025 after 13 years at Amwell where he rose to COO and helped scale virtual care nationally. With an MBA from Harvard, an MPH from Columbia, and field experience everywhere from UNICEF to the Gates Foundation to the Boston Consulting Group, Knight brings an unusually wide lens to the intersection of food, nutrition, and healthcare delivery.

- **Role:** CEO at Foodsmart
- **Organizations:** Foodsmart, Amwell, SpringTide Ventures, Boston Consulting Group, Hill-Rom, Gates Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF, Brigham Young University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Harvard Business School, Master of Public Health (MPH), Columbia University, BA in Economics, Brigham Young University
- **Known for:** Built Amwell's national provider group over a 13-year tenure, Managed all clinical operations and client delivery at Amwell as COO, Led acquisition and integration of four digital health companies at Amwell

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked at Boston Consulting Group on pharma and global health strategy
- **Early career** — Joined Hill-Rom and created a new home care business line
- **Early career** — Worked with UNICEF, Save the Children, and the Gates Foundation on global maternal and child nutrition initiatives
- **2011** — Joined Amwell (American Well) in a leadership role
- **2019** — Became Chief Operating Officer at Amwell
- **2022** — Became a partner at SpringTide Ventures, a healthcare-focused VC firm (Cambridge, MA)
- **2024** — Departed Amwell at year-end after 13 years
- **2025-03** — Appointed CEO of Foodsmart, succeeding founder Dr. Jason Langheier

## Achievements

- Built Amwell's national provider group over a 13-year tenure
- Managed all clinical operations and client delivery at Amwell as COO
- Led acquisition and integration of four digital health companies at Amwell
- Drove innovative partnerships with government, health systems, and national payers at Amwell
- Partner at SpringTide Ventures, a specialist health-tech VC firm
- Worked on maternal and child nutrition initiatives with the Gates Foundation
- Appointed CEO of Foodsmart — a company with $314M+ in funding and 150 employees

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Appointed CEO of Foodsmart, succeeding founder Dr. Jason Langheier who moved to Chief Science Officer
- **2025-05** — Foodsmart completed its executive leadership team with new product and commercial leaders to scale foodcare nationwide
- **2024-06** — Foodsmart raised $200M Series D from TPG's Rise Fund, shortly before Knight joined
- **2024-12** — Departed Amwell after 13 years as part of a leadership transition

## Links

- Website: https://foodsmart.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtknight
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/zipongo
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zipongo

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Last updated: 2026-05-25