Biography

Robert A. Frist, Jr. has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1990, the year he co-founded the Company. Under his leadership, Mr. Frist grew HealthStream from a dot-com startup to what is now the nation’s largest ecosystem of SaaS-based workforce and provider solutions in the healthcare industry. The network of healthcare organizations using HealthStream’s solutions is nationwide, spanning the full spectrum of healthcare organizations across the continuum of care. Under his leadership, the Company’s product innovations are transforming the way healthcare organizations train, assess, credential, onboard, schedule, and develop their human capital, enterprise-wide.

Mr. Frist was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” for the southeastern region by Ernst & Young, while being named one of the “Most Admired CEOs” among public companies many times over. He is a co-founder of Nashville's Entrepreneur Center where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board—and has also served as a former Chairman of the Nashville Health Care Council. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Trinity University.