Giorgos Tsetis - Nutrafol Founder | From Personal Crisis to $3.5 Billion Exit

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory Giorgos Tsetis is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Nutrafol in 2014, transforming it into the leading dermatologist-recommended hair growth supplement brand in the United States. Under his leadership, Nutrafol attracted over 2 million users and was acquired by Unilever in 2022 for over $1 billion, with Tsetis completing the sale of his remaining shares in early 2025 at a valuation of $3.5 billion. Now 41, he has launched a family office called Great Things to invest in breakthrough startups—including AI companies like Anthropic, xAI, and SpaceX—while channeling profits toward philanthropic causes focused on social good, food access, mental health, and education. ➡️ Show Links https://www.instagram.com/giorgostsetis/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgos-tsetis-1a05ab1a/ ➡️ Podcast Sponsors Hubspot - https://hubspot.com/ ShipStation - https://www.shipstation.com/ (Code: SuccessStory) Square - https://square.com/go/success SurveyMonkey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/scott Monarch Money - https://www.monarchmoney.com (Code: Success) Claude - https://claude.ai/success Huel - https://huel.com/scott (Code: scott) Revenued - https://www.revenued.com/ NetSuite - https://netsuite.com/scottclary/ Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary ➡️ Talking Points 00:00 – Intro 01:31 – When Business Becomes Sacred 03:35 – The Scarcity Trap Every Entrepreneur Faces 08:20 – The Personal Problem That Started It All 14:19 – Finding Courage to Solve a Real Human Problem 22:00 – Handling the Pressure of Launching Nutrafol 27:54 – Are Health Companies Playing God? 30:53 – Sponsor Break 33:37 – Starting From Zero to Build for Women 38:59 – Hidden Opportunities in Everyday Suffering 44:10 – What Human Flourishing Really Means 49:13 – Why Health Is the Ultimate Optimization 52:40 – Where the Next Health Tech Breakthroughs Are 56:12 – A Return to Nature and True Healing 56:31 – What Actually Keeps Giorgos Up at Night 1:02:13 – Sponsor Break 1:05:41 – How AI Will Reshape Health Tech 1:12:32 – What Makes Giorgos Different 1:18:57 – Exiting a Company for $3.5 Billion 1:28:58 – The Goal That Matters Most Now 1:35:14 – The One Lesson He’d Teach His Kids