OC50 2023: Ron Kurtz
Ron Kurtz CEO, PRESIDENT RXSIGHT WHY: Oversees Aliso Viejo firm that commercialized the world's first and only adjustable intraocular lens that is ...
Ron Kurtz CEO, PRESIDENT RXSIGHT WHY: Oversees Aliso Viejo firm that commercialized the world's first and only adjustable intraocular lens that is customized after cataract surgery. About 80% of customers have 20/20 vision afterwards, 'much higher' than competing products, notes Kurtz, with the new eyesight lasting a lifetime. BY THE NUMBERS: The company believes its product could cause a paradigm shift in the industry of cataract surgery, the most common surgical procedure in the world, with approximately 22 million performed in 2020, including 3.