Michael Hole, M.D., MBA, FAAP is a physician, professor and entrepreneur at UT Austin, where he is executive director of The Impact Factory, a hub for social entrepreneurship.
Hole is a former "street doctor" for families experiencing homelessness turned hospice pediatrician. Cited 17,000+ times, he has 60+ publications on health financing, education disparities, economic mobility and more. Hole teaches public policy, community engagement and entrepreneurship to undergraduate and graduate students. He is a partner at Notley, an investment firm leveraging profits from real estate, private equity and venture capital to fund social impact.
In 2016, Forbes named Hole to America's "30 Under 30" list after he started StreetCred, a nonprofit helping low-income families build wealth while they wait in medical clinics. Alongside his students, he launched Good Apple, a grocery delivery company fighting hunger, and Early Bird, a scholarship fund for babies in poverty. Amid COVID-19, he co-founded Main Street Relief, a nonprofit helping small businesses survive economic crises. Hole runs Hoosier & Company, a social impact consulting firm.
Hole began his career as a case manager fighting child trafficking and domestic violence in Middle America before leading campaigns to help fund an elementary school in post-conflict Uganda and an orphanage for abandoned children with disabilities in post-earthquake Haiti.
A first-generation college graduate from rural Indiana, Hole earned his M.D. and MBA from Stanford and completed pediatrics residency at Harvard. Hole received a B.S. in Spanish and biological sciences from Butler University, where he was top student and now serves on the board of trustees.
In 2019, Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush named Hole a Presidential Leadership Scholar. He is a member of Mensa, former Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum and term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hole lives in Austin with his wife and daughter.
