From Broke to $1B: How Roland Peralta Built Nutrafol into the World's Leading Hair Growth Brand

Roland Peralta was broke. He had a health crisis. He turned it into a billion-dollar company. In this episode of the Chief Life Podcast, Vee sits down with Roland Peralta — co-founder of Nutrafol, the dermatologist-recommended hair wellness brand that became a market leader and sold for over a billion dollars. Roland's story isn't a smooth success arc. It's a raw account of financial rock bottom, a personal health breakdown, and the relentless curiosity that turned both into one of the most remarkable founder stories in modern wellness. We get into the real science behind hair loss and greying, the mindset required to build something meaningful from nothing, and the mission-driven work Roland is doing now — including The Root Cause Project, which investigates the drivers of chronic disease, and WHEN Justice, a platform tackling environmental and food inequity. If you've ever wondered what it actually takes to go from nothing to a billion-dollar brand — this is the episode. In this episode: The Nutrafol origin story — from personal health crisis to $1B brand The science of hair loss, thinning, and grey hair (what's actually driving it) Financial rock bottom and the mindset shift that changed everything Why Roland builds companies around root causes, not symptoms The Root Cause Project, Kama Flight, and WHEN Justice — what he's doing next Links: Nutrafol → https://nutrafol.com/ The Root Cause Project → https://www.therootcauseproject.org/ WHEN Justice → https://www.whenjustice.org/