Operating Partners
Steve Auerbach
Steve is an Operating Partner to Lightyear Fund V, L.P. and its parallel investment vehicles.
He brings more than 30 years of healthcare benefits experience having most recently served as the CEO and Executive Chairman of Alegeus, a leading benefit administration platform in consumer directed healthcare and a former Lightyear Fund III portfolio company. At Alegeus, Steve helped transform the consumer experience of managing healthcare benefit accounts to get the right coverage, care and savings strategies and led Alegeus to a successful outcome for Lightyear Fund III.
Prior to Alegeus, Steve was the President of Connextions, a leading member acquisition platform for the nation's top health plans, which was acquired by OptumHealth in 2011.
Steve is currently the Executive Chairman of SideKick Health and sits on the Boards of HPOne, a Lightyear Fund IV portfolio company, PracticeTek, a Lightyear Fund V portfolio company, and Vesta Healthcare. He has also held senior leadership positions with UnitedHealth Group, ChannelPoint, and Cigna.
Steve holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A in Finance from the University of Hartford.
Operating Partners (i) are not exclusive and may provide similar services to other third parties, including portfolio companies of investment funds affiliated with Lightyear and (ii) are not employees or affiliates of Lightyear or its affiliates but are independent contractors. The composition of the network of Operating Partners is subject to change.