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Hims & Hers CEO: Hire people smarter than you

Andrew Dudum, co-founder and CEO of online health and wellness company Hims & Hers, shares his personal business advice

Andrew Dudum, co-founder and CEO of online health and wellness company Hims & Hers, shares his personal business advice for our video series, My Business Leader Secret.

Hims & Hers was founded in 2017 in California. The online platform provides access to prescription and over-the-counter treatments for conditions often associated with social stigma, like hair loss and erectile dysfunction.

It now has more than 1.7 million subscribers and hit $870m in annual revenues last year. When the company went public in 2021 it was valued at more than $1.6bn. Dudum explains why he aspires to be "the least interesting person in the room".

You can listen to our podcast episode with Dudum to find out more about his entrepreneurial journey here:

Watch the rest of the My Business Leader Secret series.

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