At Davos 2026, Shawn Lesser—founder of The Real, a men’s mental health foundation—joins Worth chairman Jim McCann to discuss why mental health has become an urgent global issue for business, families, and society. Drawing from his own lived experience, Lesser explains how depression often intersects with substance abuse, isolation, and shame—and why many men struggle to seek help.
He outlines The Real’s peer-to-peer “buddy” model, inspired in part by Alcoholics Anonymous, which connects men with others who have navigated similar mental health challenges. Lesser also reflects on the economic and human cost of untreated mental health issues, the role employers can play in supporting their workforce, and why Davos is an important platform for bringing visibility to what is often a hidden crisis.
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At the Milken Institute Global Conference 2026, Dan Costa speaks with Brian Kreiter, Co-Founder and CEO of Braidwell, about the future of medicine, AI-driven drug discovery, biotech investing, and why healthcare may be entering its biggest transformation in decades. Kreiter explains how Braidwell combines science, investing, and technology to identify breakthrough medicines—and why artificial intelligence […]
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Why AI Could Be Giving Women the Wrong Health Advice with Milken Institute’s Jenica Patterson
Worth and Jenica Patterson of the Women’s Health Network at the Milken Institute on health, AI, venture capital, and medical innovation.
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Dan Costa sits and Caitlin MacLean of the Milken Institute to discuss the explosive growth of women’s health investing.
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David Hamilton Nichols on Investing Through Global Instability at Davos
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Worth Media Group Chief Content Officer Dan Costa speaks with David Hamilton Nichols, an investor with a globally diversified portfolio spanning AI, clean energy, fintech, blockchain, and healthcare. Nichols shares how he evaluates investments in a period of growing geopolitical and geoeconomic instability, outlining the core […]
