Obi Felten is the founder and CEO of Flourish Labs, a startup on a mission to scale professional mental health peer support with tech to address the mental health crisis. Flourish Labs trains young adults to become certified peer supporters and offers telehealth peer support for young adults and teenagers. Previously, Obi was Head of Getting Moonshots Ready for Contact with the Real World at Google X, Director of Consumer Marketing for Google in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and set up ecommerce businesses in Europe. Obi serves on the board of Springer Nature, an academic and educational publisher, and of Marathon Health, a primary and behavioral health care company for employers. She is also an advisor for the UK NHS Best For You youth mental health initiative. She is an advocate for women and other underrepresented groups in tech. Obi grew up in Berlin, has a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Oxford University and lives in California with her husband, children, cats and dog.
