united states key people christopher m. schroeder ceo website http www.healthcentral.com healthcentral is an american privately owned online health company that was founded by an emergency room doctor in 1999 . 1 healthcentral was later acquired by a group of venture investors in 2005 . initial investments were made from polaris venture partners 2 sequoia capital 3 the carlyle group 4 and allen & company . in 2005 the group of new investors then brought on christopher m. schroeder as ceo . 5 in 2008 interactivecorp made a significant minority investment in the company 6 and the initial group of investors joined in the round of funding to reinvest in healthcentral . healthcentral s mission statement is empower people to improve and take control of their health and well being . 7 the company owns 35 health sites focused on specific conditions . in 2006 healthcentral acquired foodfit.com an online wellness resource focused on healthy eating and active living . 8 in 2008 healthcentral acquired consumer drug information company medtrackalert 9 and hiv aids website the body.com . 10 the company acquired health technology company wellsphere.com in 2009 . 11 references edit health 2.0 patients on social networks the healthcentral network businessweek . images.businessweek.com . retrieved 2013 09 28 . 1 archived january 6 2010 at the wayback machine . early stage venture capital sequoia capital us . sequoiacap.com . retrieved 2013 09 28 . 2 archived july 8 2011 at the wayback machine . keen andrew 2010 04 19 . chris schroeder on politics media and technology in the digital age andrew keen harvard business review . blogs.hbr.org . retrieved 2013 09 28 . 3 archived january 6 2011 at the wayback machine . about healthcentral leadership recent news careers and contact . healthcentral.com . retrieved 2013 09 28 . the healthcentral network purchases foodfit.com a leading online healthy lifestyle destination . nutrition horizon . retrieved 2013 09 28 . healthcentral network 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