Hims CEO says he’d rather go after rivals’ customers than buy their businesses

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SAN FRAN­CIS­CO — For com­pa­nies that ad­ver­tise health­care ser­vices rang­ing from hair loss treat­ments to on­line ther­a­py di­rect­ly to con­sumers, it’s been ex­pen­sive in the last few years to at­tract new cus­tomers.

While there are still pre­dic­tions that the dig­i­tal di­rect-to-con­sumer in­dus­try might con­sol­i­date, as some in­dus­try ex­perts are ex­pect­ing this year, Hims & Hers though, one of the few pub­licly trad­ed dig­i­tal health com­pa­nies, like­ly won’t be among the ac­quir­ers, its CEO told End­points News on a re­cent vis­it to San Fran­cis­co, where the com­pa­ny is head­quar­tered.

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