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 21,000+ 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, a firm using profits from real estate, private equity and venture capital to fuel 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.
