Walter Jin

Healthcare Industry Expert: Investment & Operations


Bio

Walter Jin has spent 35 years in the healthcare industry, both as an investor and an operator.

As a private equity and venture capital investor, Walter has owned more than 50 portfolio companies across most subsectors of healthcare from pharma/biotech services, medical devices/products, payers, providers and IT with attribution to over $5 billion of value creation.

After a successful career in finance, Walter dedicated the rest of his career to giving back to our healthcare system through innovation and transformation. He spent several years advising some leading Academic Medical Centers like Johns Hopkins Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and the St. Joseph’s Health System.

Although officially retired from the finance industry, Walter continued to invest through his family office alongside folks like John Sculley (former Apple CEO) in companies like Rally Health (sold to United), MD Live (sold to Cigna), RX Advance (sold to Centene) and Pager Health.

Walter lives in the Bay Area with his wife who works in venture capital and his two daughters, Abigail and Evelyn, who are the true loves of his life as he preaches a “Family First” and purpose-driven culture to his companies.

  • Chairman and CEO of Pager, a leading digital health engagement and collaboration platform that provides convenient navigation, quick access and seamless coordination to the right care, in the right place, at the right time, with a trusted, personalized "doctor-in-the-family" experience. Pager’s tech-enabled services solution stitches together the fragmentation and friction in healthcare by providing omni-channel engagement, navigation and a connected care experience, serving over 26 million people across the United States and Latin America.
  • Co-Head of Healthcare at The Carlyle Group, a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation, which grew from $100 million to over $100 billion AUM during his 15-year tenure.
  • Co-Founder and General Partner of Three Fields Capital, a multi-family office investing in healthcare growth equity and venture capital opportunities, managing $1.3 billion in AUM.
  • Healthcare Portfolio Manager at SAC Capital, managing a hybrid public-private strategy in healthcare and investing out of the CR Intrinsic Fund with over $6 billion in AUM.
  • M&A Financial Analyst at Salomon Brothers in the Investment Banking Division.

 

Walter is a graduate of Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, magna cum laude, and a minor in Applied Mathematics.

Walter has served as a board member, executive in residence, and/or advisor to Johns Hopkins Medicine, Brown Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Charlesbank Capital Partners, 8VC, Cicero Institute, Health Evolution Summit, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


Bay Area, CA

Industry Expertise

Private Equity

Venture Capital

Business Strategy

Corporate Finance

Executive Management

Healthcare

Mentorship