Avik Roy

Avik Roy is the Opinion Editor at Forbes. He has advised three presidential candidates on policy, including Marco Rubio, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney. As the Senior Advisor to Perry’s campaign in 2015, Roy was also lead author of Gov. Perry’s major policy speeches. The Wall Street Journal called Perry’s address on intergenerational black poverty “the speech of the campaign so far.” Roy is author of Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency, and How Medicaid Fails the Poor. Roy’s work has appeared in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, USA Today, Health Affairs, and National Affairs. He is a frequent guest on television, including appearances on NBC, CBS, HBO, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and Fox News. Prior to his career in policy and journalism, Roy was an analyst and portfolio manager at Bain Capital and J.P. Morgan, among other firms. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied molecular biology, and the Yale University School of Medicine.