Ben Lytle

AI Expert, Entrepreneur & Author

Ben Lytle is a serial entrepreneur-CEO known for being ahead of the curve. He founded or co-founded seven successful companies, including two listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that created billions in market value. The best-known is health insurance provider Anthem (now Elevance Health), a Fortune 100 company with a market value of approximately $100 billion.

Ben is a graduate of Texas A&M Commerce and Indiana University School of Law. He is a healthcare policy expert who served on state and presidential healthcare commissions and a governance leader with extensive public company experience.

Ben’s devotion to individual and collective human potential through accelerated wisdom guides his leadership, writing, speaking, entrepreneurial energy, and investments. He believes we live in a New Reality that expands human potential through how we learn, work, live, and evolve, which requires deliberate adaptation to seize its opportunities.

Ben is the author of The Potentialist: Your Future in the New Reality of the Next Thirty Years and The Potentialist, The Pursuit of Wisdom. These books are guides to thrive in the turbulent, but opportunity-rich times ahead. The third book in the series, The Potentialist, Predator and Prey, will be published in 2026.

Her 25+ year career spans corporate real estate, healthcare strategy, planning, design, construction, and facility operations. Kerrie’s expertise is underpinned by deep financial acumen and a proven ability to lead complex initiatives within highly dynamic organizations. She holds an Executive M.B.A. from Grand Valley State University, further enhancing her holistic, strategic approach.