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Mahiben Maruthappu

Mahiben Maruthappu (born 1988, also known as Ben Maruthappu) is a British physician, entrepreneur, academic researcher, health policy specialist and the founder and Chief Executive of, Cera, the UK’s largest HealthTech company, and a HealthTech Unicorn. Cera is focused on taking care out of hospitals and into patients’ own homes, using technology to improve health outcomes, with $500 million in annualised revenues as of 2025.

Prior to Cera, Maruthappu co-founded the National Health Service (NHS) Innovation Accelerator (NIA), a program that accelerates the adoption of new healthcare technologies, and served as NHS England's Innovation Adviser. He was also the founder and first President of the United Kingdom Medical Students' Association (UKMSA). He has contributed to more than 100 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Maruthappu represented the UK at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2025, was overall winner of EY's UK Entrepreneur of the Year 2024, and overall winner of Great British Entrepreneur of the Year 2023. In 2020, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s New Year Honours for services to Health and Social Care technology. He has been listed as one of WIRED’s 10 Innovators in Healthcare, and was named in the 2015 Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.

In 2025, Maruthappu appeared in the Sunday Times list of the 40 Richest People Under 40, with a net worth of £123 million. Provided by Wikipedia