Meghan Sharkus

Meghan Sharkus is a young entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of ExpressionMed, a company that creates designed medical adhesives for diabetic care devices.14 She became a Thiel Fellow in June 2018, receiving a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation's network to build her business.1

Career Highlights

• Founded ExpressionMed in 2016 while still in high school14
• Grew ExpressionMed into a multi-million dollar company without investors2
• Winner of several business competitions, including:
  • Minnesota Cup Youth Division (2016)1
  • Harvard's WIB International Business Competition (2017)1
  • Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge (2018)1

Education and Achievements

• Attended the University of St. Thomas, but left to pursue the Thiel Fellowship1
• University Innovation Fellow1
• Recipient of Google Developer Challenge Scholarship at Udacity (2018-2019)1

ExpressionMed

ExpressionMed creates supplemental medical adhesives that increase the longevity and comfort of wearable medical devices for diabetes patients.3 The company's products:

• Allow patients to wear disposable devices up to seven times longer3
• Feature fun designs to help mitigate social anxieties3
• Are sold in over 200 designs across 43 countries4

Meghan's motivation for starting ExpressionMed came from observing the challenges faced by a close friend with Type 1 diabetes.3