Brett Belchetz

CEO, Maple

HOW IT WORKS: Maple connects Canadians to doctors via video chat.

FOUNDED: 2015

HQ ‘HOOD: Downtown

EMPLOYEES: 120, plus more than 1,500 contracted health care providers.

USERS: About two million.

COST: From $49 per visit or $30 per month, plus some services are covered by OHIP.

FINANCIAL BACKING: $96 million from investors including Shoppers Drug Mart. EUREKA MOMENT: “I was working as an ER physician, constantly frustrated by the eight-hour waits my patients experienced to see me at the hospital. One week in 2014, I easily solved three different friends’ medical problems by text message and video chat. I realized that remote virtual care really worked.”

WELLNESS REGIMEN: “Running three or four times a week, and spending at least an hour each evening with my wife and no devices.”

GUILTY PLEASURE: “I have a massive dessert problem. I can’t say no to any form of pie, cake, ice cream, etc.” MOST ANTICIPATED POST-PANDEMIC ACTIVITY: “A big, crowded concert or sporting event.”

HEALTH CARE ORIGIN STORY: “As a kid, I watched The Fugitive with Harrison Ford, who played a doctor. I thought he was so cool that I had to do this job.” MOST ACCURATE DOCTOR STEREOTYPE: “Terrible, illegible handwriting.”

HANDWRITING SELF-RATING: “Negative 10 out of 10.” FAVOURITE MEDICAL DRAMA: “They’re all unwatchable if you have medical training.” MUST-HAVE HEALTH APP: “Fitbit. I religiously track my steps and activity levels.”