Steve Wiggins founded Oxford Health Plans and served 14 years as the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, Oxford grew to over $5 billion in annual revenue and ranked among the 300 largest U.S. corporations. He was also the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HealthMarket, Inc., an insurance company that gave birth to innovative Consumer Driven Health Plans and grew to over $150 million in revenue before being acquired by UICI. He co-founded Health Partners, Inc, a physician practice management company that grew to $140 million in annual revenue before it was sold. He was also a co-Founder of Intelliclaim, Inc., which provided claim auditing and productivity software and services to over twenty health insurers before it was sold to McKesson and he was the founding investor in BenefitPort, LLC, a consolidation of health insurance general agencies.
He has also been an active private equity investor on his own and in partnership with private equity funds, typically originating transactions or organizing new businesses. He is a co-founder of Centerstone Partners, which has conceived, launched and continues to provide management services to Amerigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Revogenix, Inc. and CTC Electric, LLC. He is also a co-founder and Senior Advisor of ArrowHawk Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund.
Mr. Wiggins joined Essex Woodlands in 2007. He serves on the Board of Directors for Touchstone Health Partnership, Inc. and Ika Systems. He is a Director of Accessible Space, Inc, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1978, that develops and operates residential facilities for individuals with mobility impairments and brain injuries. Mr. Wiggins holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Macalester College, where he currently serves as a Trustee.
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