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Will Ahmed

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Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

They're buying additional services.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

They're moving up in their membership tier.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

And then in addition to that, we have some of the best user engagement in all of health.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Our members are opening the Whoop app eight times a day, which is pretty extraordinary user engagement.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

We have an 83% Dow-Mao ratio, which I believe is second only to WhatsApp in terms of how often people are using and engaging with the product.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

So it really speaks to, I think, the value that we've been able to create and the fact that our members are, in fact, improving their health.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

We want to build the most powerful personal health platform in the world, and we see

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

that as an evolution from fitness and sports, which is our origins, to now working very broadly across health and medical capabilities.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Two of our investors in this latest financing were Mayo Clinic and Abbott.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Mayo Clinic, of course, being one of the best health institutions in the entire world, and we're going to be announcing a lot of research with the Mayo Clinic.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

And Abbott, of course, being one of the best medical device makers in the world.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

And we're going to be announcing more with them as well.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

And so I think this overall financing really shows the past and the history of Whoop with the athletes coming in, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rory McIlroy, and now LeBron James, as well as the future of Whoop with many of these health strategics.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Well, we love squash.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

I've played squash my entire life.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Ali Farag, former world number one, is a good friend and a WHOOP member.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

So we'll do more in squash.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

Well, we want to accelerate a lot of the work that we're doing.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

We think the opportunity to own health monitoring and integrate deeply into the healthcare system is now just completely up for grabs.

Bloomberg Talks
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed Talks Funding, Potential IPO

And there's only a few players in the market, and we really want to attack the opportunity.