# Laurence Girard

> Laurence Girard is a New York entrepreneur and investor who founded Fruit Street and Healthcare Shares. His public career centres on recruiting individual investors and experienced advisers into company building; he has also been a football goalkeeper, team co-manager and founder of New Amsterdam FC.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman & CEO at Healthcare Shares
- **Organizations:** Healthcare Shares, Fruit Street Health, Hippocrates Ventures, New Amsterdam FC, Sporting SC, Prevently, Kairos Society, StartUp Health
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Harvard Extension School, Program for Leadership Development (executive education), Harvard Business School, Venture Capital & Private Equity Program (executive education), Columbia Business School, Sloan Fellow; degree completion not established, London Business School
- **Known for:** Built a fundraising network of roughly 500 physician investors for Fruit Street; Healthcare Shares currently reports $35 million raised., Led Fruit Street’s announced conversion to a Delaware benefit corporation in 2014., Founded Healthcare Shares, a venture investment and company-building organization.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Founded Fruit Street; in December the company announced conversion to a Delaware benefit corporation following an earlier seed round of $500,000.
- **2019** — As Sporting SC goalkeeper and co-manager, helped recruit players during the club’s cup-winning promotion campaign.
- **2020** — New Amsterdam FC launched; Girard was its founder and owner.
- **2021** — Entrepreneurs on Fire featured his fundraising from more than 500 physicians; Crunchbase dates his Healthcare Shares founder role to January 2021.
- **2023** — Hippocrates Ventures lists his Harvard Business School leadership and Columbia venture capital executive-education classes as 2023.
- **2026** — Continues as Chairman & CEO of Healthcare Shares and publishes essays about small teams and venture creation.

## Achievements

- Built a fundraising network of roughly 500 physician investors for Fruit Street; Healthcare Shares currently reports $35 million raised.
- Led Fruit Street’s announced conversion to a Delaware benefit corporation in 2014.
- Founded Healthcare Shares, a venture investment and company-building organization.
- Helped Sporting SC recruit players during its state-cup-winning promotion campaign.
- Founded New Amsterdam FC.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a Healthcare Shares essay describing his small-team approach to venture building.

## Links

- Website: https://laurencengirard.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencengirard/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/LaurenceNGirard

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Last updated: 2026-10-08