Our Founder

What is a Thriver?

1) A cancer survivor
2) Someone who not only survives challenges and hardships but also grows, flourishes, and excels despite them. Thrivers demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and a proactive mindset. They seek opportunities for personal growth, achieve their goals, and often inspire others by their ability to overcome adversity and live life to the fullest. It conveys positivity, strength, and an upward trajectory in life.

Steven Koeppel is a biohacker, seasoned entrepreneur, innovator, lifelong health enthusiast, and stage 4 cancer survivor, with a track record of building exceptional organizations across industries, including automotive, retail, and health & wellness.

Steven’s passion for personal growth and performance began at a young age in 1984 with martial arts, evolving over the decades from Shotokan Karate to boxing, kickboxing, and eventually mixed martial arts. He has competed in many amateur karate, boxing, kickboxing, and MMA fights and still trains often.

He launched his career in the automotive industry, rising to become the operating partner of new car dealerships in New York City, and the founding member of a real estate holding company. After selling his last dealership in 2005, he moved to Arizona with his family. Later that year, Scottsdale Jean Company was launched and quickly became Arizona’s largest independently owned retailer of designer jeans and clothing, representing over 100 popular premium denim and clothing brands in stores that were a sight to behold and an experience to shop. Clients worldwide were also able to shop the curated selection online.

Steven’s wellness journey deepened through his years of practicing hot yoga, leading him to become a certified instructor in 2015, presently with over 2,500 teaching hours. In 2016, he returned to Long Island to launch The Modern Improvement Club, a premium health, wellness & fitness club featuring his proprietary style of hot yoga and other heated offerings. Its popularity led to an acquisition in 2020 by LifeTime Fitness, where its signature class, Modern Hot, was instantly one of LifeTime’s most popular in each club it was introduced.

In 2023, now residing again in Scottsdale, without a single symptom, Steven was diagnosed with Stage 4 of a rare and aggressive cancer discovered during routine blood work. While undergoing five months of intensive chemotherapy, he remained very physically active and supported his treatment and recovery with the use of his newly acquired wellness equipment, including an infrared sauna, cold plunge, and red light therapy, with PEMF and a hyperbaric chamber added later, plus the highest quality supplements and other holistic modalities. In early 2024, Steven achieved full remission.

This experience, including the challenges, confusion, and overwhelming misinformation he encountered when trying to purchase top quality wellness equipment online, became the catalyst to create something that did not exist anywhere: a true one-stop wellness destination selling the finest equipment and supplements, while providing the most trustworthy and current information to thrive in body, mind, and aging. Thriver Wellness Supply was born!

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