Michael Hole, M.D., MBA, FAAP is a physician, professor, researcher, author and serial entrepreneur at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is faculty at Dell Medical School and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Hole is an assistant professor of pediatrics, population health and public policy, as well as founding director at The Impact Factory, a university hub for civic innovation, social entrepreneurship and public service opportunities.

Hole is a “street pediatrician” onboard Children’s Health Express, a mobile medical clinic serving children and families experiencing homelessness. He teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on entrepreneurship, human-centered design and U.S. health and social policy to students studying law, medicine, business, policy, engineering and social work.

Alongside his students, Hole started Good Apple, a grocery delivery company fighting food insecurity, and Early Bird, a milestone-driven scholarship fund for babies born into poverty. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he launched Main Street Relief, a nationwide volunteer corps helping small businesses survive and recover from economic crises, and scaled Big & Mini, a technology platform reducing loneliness in seniors and teens globally.

Hole began his career as a case manager fighting child trafficking and domestic violence in Middle America before leading campaigns to help fund a new elementary school in post-conflict Uganda, an orphanage for abandoned children with disabilities in post-earthquake Haiti and a new food product tackling malnutrition in developing countries. Forbes named Hole to America’s “30 Under 30” list after starting StreetCred, a national nonprofit helping low-income families file taxes and build wealth while they wait in medical clinics.

Hole, a product of public schools and first-generation college graduate from rural Indiana, was top student at Butler University, where he is now a trustee. He earned his M.D. and MBA from Stanford University with concentrations in public management, community health and social innovation, and he completed pediatrics residency at Harvard University.

In 2019, Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush named Hole a Presidential Leadership Scholar. He is a member of Mensa and former Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. Hole lives in Austin, Texas with his daughter and wife, who is an associate commissioner of the Texas Education Agency.