Healthcare operations
Building reliable care logistics for people who need safe, timely medical transportation.
About Joe
A life shaped by movement, work, and purpose.
Gagik “Joe” Mkhitaryan was born in Armenia in 1983, spent part of his youth in Russia, and later moved to the United States. Today, he is known as a serial entrepreneur, healthcare innovator, investor, and host of the Social Venture Podcast.
He studied at Woodbury University in Burbank, earning a degree in Business Management and Administration, followed by a master’s in Organizational Leadership. Since 2010, Joe has led General Medical in Southern California, building work around medical transportation, ambulance services, and patient care.
Beyond business, Joe is a father of three, fluent in English, Russian, and Armenian, and remains connected to faith, community, and the idea that strong ventures should create meaningful social value.
BornArmenia, 1983
EducationWoodbury University
Current workCEO & Co-Founder, General Medical
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Armenian
Since2010
Built inSouthern California
Business & impact
Building systems around care, access, and trust.
Joe’s work in healthcare grew from a practical belief: the best companies solve hard human problems with discipline, speed, and responsibility.
Through General Medical, he helped shape services around medical transportation, ambulance operations, and patient support. That operating experience now informs how he invests, mentors, and leads conversations with entrepreneurs on the Social Venture Podcast.
Entrepreneurial discipline
Turning pressure, risk, and fast decisions into systems that can keep serving beyond one moment.
Social venture voice
Hosting conversations about purpose-led growth, leadership, family, faith, and community value.
General Medical / Healthcare Mission
Healthcare is a system of trust before it is a business.
Since 2010, Joe’s work with General Medical has centered on a practical healthcare need in Southern California: helping people reach care through dependable medical transportation, ambulance services, and patient-centered support.
Mission
Build healthcare operations that treat movement, timing, safety, and communication as part of the care experience.
Care begins with getting there
Medical transportation is often the first step in care. General Medical is built around helping patients move safely, reliably, and with dignity.
Operations under pressure
Ambulance and transport work demands clear systems, trained teams, and decisions that hold up when timing matters.
Support beyond the ride
The mission extends past logistics: patients, families, facilities, and care teams all need consistency they can count on.
Journey
From Armenia to building ventures in Southern California.
The story is not one straight line. It is movement, education, responsibility, family, and the steady work of turning experience into something useful for others.
- 1983
Born in Armenia
Joe’s story begins in Armenia, with roots that continue to shape his identity, faith, family values, and sense of community.
- Early years
Shaped across cultures
Part of his youth was spent in Russia before life moved him toward the United States, giving him a wider view of people, pressure, and opportunity.
- Education
Woodbury University
In Burbank, Joe studied Business Management and Administration, then continued with a master’s in Organizational Leadership.
- 2010
General Medical
He began leading General Medical in Southern California, building around medical transportation, ambulance services, and patient care.
- Today
Social Venture Podcast
Joe brings entrepreneurs, builders, and leaders into conversations about business, purpose, community, and the responsibility behind growth.
Podcast Philosophy
Real conversations for people building with purpose.
Social Venture Podcast is where Joe brings the same operating mindset into conversation: honest questions, practical lessons, and a deeper look at why people build.
The goal is not only to talk about success. It is to understand the pressure behind leadership, the values behind growth, and the human story behind every venture.
Founders and builders
Conversations with people who know what it means to carry risk, make decisions, and keep moving when the outcome is still uncertain.
Practical lessons
The podcast looks for usable insight: how leaders think, how teams grow, how pressure is handled, and what can be learned from the real work.
Purpose-led business
Joe brings business back to the human layer: faith, family, community, service, and the responsibility to build something that matters.