Natasha and Chris Ashton are the co-CEO and Co-Founders of Petplan pet insurance. Petplan is the world's largest pet health insurance provider recommended by more veterinarians, pet owners and breeders than any other.
In 2001, Natasha and her husband, Chris, were students at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business when their cat became sick. The costly vet bills made them realize just how lacking the options were for pet insurance in the US - in their native UK, pet insurance is much more common. Sensing a huge opportunity, the two went all in, co-founding Petplan USA in 2006.
The emergence of Petplan arguably jump-started the American pet insurance industry, now estimated to be worth $2 billion annually. The Ashtons grew Petplan into the nation's foremost pet insurance company and by 2011, they were the first and only pet insurance company at the time to be named to the Inc. Magazine Inc. 500 list.
In 2013, Chris and Natasha Ashton were named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the Greater Philadelphia region by Ernst & Young, and in 2014, Petplan was included in Forbes America's Most Promising Companies List for the second consecutive year. Petplan is headquartered in Newtown Square in suburban Philadelphia.
Natasha Ashton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages, from the University of Oxford and a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.
Chris Ashton earned a Bachelor and Masters of Arts in Geography from the University of Oxford and a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.
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In 2001, Natasha and her husband, Chris, were students at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business when their cat became sick. The costly vet bills made them realize just how lacking the options were for pet insurance in the US - in their native UK, pet insurance is much more common. Sensing a huge opportunity, the two went all in, co-founding Petplan USA in 2006.
The emergence of Petplan arguably jump-started the American pet insurance industry, now estimated to be worth $2 billion annually. The Ashtons grew Petplan into the nation's foremost pet insurance company and by 2011, they were the first and only pet insurance company at the time to be named to the Inc. Magazine Inc. 500 list.
In 2013, Chris and Natasha Ashton were named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the Greater Philadelphia region by Ernst & Young, and in 2014, Petplan was included in Forbes America's Most Promising Companies List for the second consecutive year. Petplan is headquartered in Newtown Square in suburban Philadelphia.
Natasha Ashton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages, from the University of Oxford and a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.
Chris Ashton earned a Bachelor and Masters of Arts in Geography from the University of Oxford and a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.
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