William Winkenwerder
Angel investor in Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina
William Winkenwerder, Angel investor in Asheville is an active investor based in Asheville, North Carolina. This profile covers what William Winkenwerder backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Dr. William Winkenwerder serves as Special Advisor at Empactful Capital. Dr. Winkenwerder is an Angel Investor. He is the Chairman and CEO of Winkenwerder Strategies, a healthcare advisory and investment firm. He was the Chairman of CitiusTech. He also served as a Board Member of Cureatr, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. He served as a Board Member at Accreon, Net Health Systems and Confluent Health. He is an influential and very well-recognized leader in American healthcare, with experience in medical care, healthcare finance, and health insurance operations. He is currently on the board of directors for several healthcare technology and services firms. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Highmark Inc. till May 2014. Highmark is among the ten largest US health insurers and is the third largest integrated financing and delivery system, with $17.5 billion in annual revenues, based in Pittsburgh, PA, operating Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in three states and a $2.5 billion integrated hospital-physician network in western PA. From 2001 to 2007, He served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs handling 132,000 personnel, 9.2 million beneficiaries worldwide, and an annual budget of $40 billion. Before that, he held senior leadership positions at Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Prudential Healthcare, and Emory University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a board-certified physician who has practiced primary care medicine. He holdsn a BS (Bachelor of Science) from Davidson College and MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Mdeicine the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Investor type
- Angel
- Stages
- Pre SeedSeed
- Invests in
- Healthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechBiotech & PharmaMedTech & Medical DevicesSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailConsumer Goods (CPG)Developer Tools & Data
- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Typical check
- $150K
- Past investments
- 10
Notable investments
AthenahealthUNC HealthC-ChangeLogistics Health IncorporatedHow to reach William Winkenwerder
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