Daniel Nadler
Canadian-born technology entrepreneur, poet, and film producer
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Daniel J. Nadler (born 1983) is a Canadian-born billionaire entrepreneur and poet.[2][3][4] He is the founder and CEO of OpenEvidence, an artificial intelligence company that develops a medical search and clinical decision-support platform for physicians.[5] He previously founded Kensho Technologies, which was acquired by S&P Global in 2018.[6]
Daniel J. Nadler | |
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| Born | 1983[1] |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Harvard University (PhD) |
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| Organization | OpenEvidence |
| Title | Founder and CEO |
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He was included in the Time 100 Health list of the 100 most influential individuals in global health.[7] As of 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth was at US$7.6 billion.[8]
Early life
Daniel Nadler was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of immigrants from Poland and Romania. His father was an engineer who specialized in using sound to detect microscopic cracks in structures like bridges and submarines.[1] Nadler attended Harvard University where he studied mathematics and classics, and poetry under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham. He was also a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve during PhD studies. In 2016 Nadler received a PhD with a doctoral thesis on the pricing mechanisms of credit derivatives.[1]
Career
Kensho Technologies
In 2013, while a PhD student, Nadler co-founded (with Peter Kruskall) Kensho Technologies, an artificial intelligence company that developed machine learning systems. The software allows a user to perform financial analysis like a google search engine. Nadler leased it to Wall Street asset managers.[9] In 2018 Kensho was acquired by S&P Global for US$550 million.[10]
Literary and artistic work
Nadler's debut collection of poetry, Lacunae: 100 Imagined Ancient Love Poems, was published by the American book publishing company Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016.[11][12]
In film, Nadler has served as a financier and producer. He was a producer on the 2019 drama Palmer[13][14] and served as an executive producer on the film Motherless Brooklyn (2019).[15]
In 2019, Nadler co-financed and was a producer on the drama Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake, which was released in 2021.[16]
OpenEvidence
In 2021 Nadler founded OpenEvidence,[17] an artificial intelligence company providing medical search and clinical decision support for physicians.[18][19]
By early 2026, following several private funding rounds,[20] the company reached a valuation of US$12 billion.[21][22]
