# Todd Watts

> Todd Watts is the co-founder and CEO of PatientFi, an Irvine, California fintech that lets patients pay for elective and out-of-pocket healthcare in monthly installments at the point of care. Since starting the company in 2017, he has built a platform that has helped roughly 320,000 patients qualify for more than $3 billion in care across aesthetics, fertility, dentistry, ophthalmology and audiology, reaching a $140 million annual revenue run rate and 130 employees. A former J.P. Morgan investment banker with a Yale MBA, Watts was named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest winner.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at PatientFi
- **Organizations:** PatientFi, Alphaeon Credit, J.P. Morgan, Wilshire Associates, YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) - SoCal, Orange County Sheriff's Department Sheriff Advisory Council
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Business Administration, Management and Operations, University of Southern California, MBA, Yale University, Consumer Economics studies, IESE Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled PatientFi to ~130 employees and a $140M annual revenue run rate, Platform has helped ~320,000 patients qualify for over $3 billion in out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest Award winner

## Career timeline

- **2005-2008** — Associate at Wilshire Associates
- **2009-2012** — Investment Banking analyst at J.P. Morgan, advising on M&A and capital raising in healthcare, consumer and retail
- **2012-2017** — SVP & Head of Operations at Alphaeon Credit in Newport Beach
- **2017** — Co-founded PatientFi in Irvine and became CEO
- **2022** — Featured in Authority Magazine and Leaders in Payments interviews on building PatientFi
- **2024-02** — PatientFi closed a Series B ($35M / reported $25M tranche), part of roughly $100M total raised
- **2024-06** — Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest Award winner
- **2025-03** — Won Orange County Business Journal Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award; featured in OC50 2025

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled PatientFi to ~130 employees and a $140M annual revenue run rate
- Platform has helped ~320,000 patients qualify for over $3 billion in out-of-pocket healthcare expenses
- Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest Award winner
- Won OCBJ Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award (2025)
- PatientFi ranked 54th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 with 2,000%+ three-year sales growth
- Named to Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies
- Became category leader in fertility and IVF financing; partnered with Boston IVF
- Expanded PatientFi into audiology with nearly 1,000 clinics onboarded
- Extended LaserAway partnership across all 143 U.S. clinics and built Privi aesthetics membership platform

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Won the Orange County Business Journal Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award and was profiled in OC50 2025.
- **2024-06** — Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest Award winner.
- **2024-02** — PatientFi closed Series B funding, part of ~$100M total raised, fueling expansion into fertility and audiology.

## Links

- Website: https://patientfi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/towatts/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/patientfi
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patient.fi/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PatientFi/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04