White House Author
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Amar Sawhney
Inventor
Amar Sawhney is an inventor and serial entrepreneur in the field of medical devices. He holds over 120 patents, which form the basis for several first of a kind medical devices that have helped millions of patients worldwide. He has founded six companies, which account for over 1,600 jobs created and over $1.5 billion in revenue to date. Amar helps foster entrepreneurship by mentoring young innovators and creating companies through Incept, a medical device incubator he helped co-found.