Company leader
Bill Kong
Chief Executive Officer
Vivian Health
Bill Kong is the chief executive of Vivian Health, a San Francisco healthcare jobs marketplace owned by IAC. He took the role in January 2026 after leading marketing and operations at the company.
Marketing and Marketplace Work
Kong earned a computer science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, according to a January 2026 PR Newswire release. He was chief marketing officer at Rover, chief digital marketing officer at Sears Holdings, and a general manager for Walgreens e-commerce and Drugstore.com.
Joining Vivian
He joined Vivian in 2023 as chief marketing officer, then became president and chief operating officer with scope across brand and performance marketing, product design, customer success, and account management, the release said.
CEO in 2026
In January 2026, co-founder Parth Bhakta became executive chairman and Kong became CEO. "We have a world-class team, a business model that has recently achieved profitability, and a new suite of rapidly growing AI products gaining traction with clinicians and employers," Kong said in the announcement.
Vivian reported 2.7 million clinicians on the platform and more than $1.5 billion in facilitated healthcare labor spend a year.