Kyna Fong of Elation Health Named Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Bay Area Finalist by EY US

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyna Fong, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Elation Health, has been named a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Bay Area Award by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US).

Now in its 41st year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program celebrates the bold leaders who disrupt markets through the world’s most ground-breaking companies, revolutionizing industries and uplifting communities. The program honors entrepreneurs whose innovations drive economic growth and help shape the future of business.

An independent panel of judges selected Kyna among 20 finalists based on her entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, company growth, and lasting impact in building long-term value.

"It’s an honor to be leading towards a brighter future for primary care," said Fong. "This EY recognition reflects the incredible passion of the over 50,000 clinical users we're privileged to serve. For more than a decade, we've been building clinical-first technology that puts primary care at the center of the healthcare system. Now combining best-in-class workflows with responsible, predictive AI to remove administrative burden and restore what matters most: meaningful, enduring relationships between clinicians and patients. As we work to bring joy back to the practice of medicine and support better health for millions of people, I'm deeply grateful to our customers, our team, and our partners for trusting Elation.”

Founded in 2010, Elation Health began in a single primary care practice — Kyna’s father's office, where Fong first witnessed how broken systems pulled clinicians away from patients. After leaving a tenure-track healthcare economics role at Stanford University, Fong built an EHR for the family's practice, then steadily expanded into a national platform. Driven by the conviction that primary care is the most powerful lever to fix American healthcare, Elation has grown serving over 50,000 clinical users and 24 million patients nationwide. With Fong’s guidance, the company has become the trusted leader in modern primary care — uniting clinical care and billing in one trusted system, bringing responsible AI into everyday visits, and earning consecutive Best in KLAS awards.

Entrepreneur Of The Year honors business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company, transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory, and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.

Regional award winners will be announced on June 12th during a special celebration in San Jose and will become lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. The winners will then be considered by the national judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum^®, where high-growth CEOs, Fortune 1000 executives and investors converge to shape the future of business.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh USA, SAP and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In the Bay Area, sponsors also include regional Platinum sponsor: DLA Piper and regional Gold sponsors: ADP and Big Picture.

About Entrepreneur Of The Year®

Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year^® has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 80 countries and territories globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum^® in November where national finalists and award winners are announced. The national overall winner represents the US at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year^® competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.

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About Elation Health

Elation Health is the clinical-first AI platform for modern primary care success. Trusted by over 50,000 clinical users and 24 million patients, Elation’s EHR and billing solutions combine proven clinical workflows with responsible, predictive AI - purpose built for primary care. The company’s clinical-first approach puts physicians at the center, delivering trusted, transparent innovation that saves time and sustains meaningful patient relationships. Elation Health is recognized as Best in KLAS for its commitment to excellence in primary care technology. Learn more at elationhealth.com and on LinkedIn.