Early Life and Education
Daniel Nadler was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1983, to parents who immigrated from Poland and Romania. His father was an engineer. Nadler attended Harvard University, where he studied mathematics and classics, and poetry under the mentorship of Jorie Graham, a Pulitzer Prize winner. He received a PhD from Harvard in 2016, with a doctoral thesis on the pricing mechanisms of credit derivatives.
Rise to Success
Nadler's career is marked by his entrepreneurial ventures in the technology sector. In 2013, he co-founded Kensho Technologies, an AI company that developed machine learning systems for financial analysis. Kensho was acquired by S&P Global in 2018 for $550 million. In 2022, Nadler founded OpenEvidence, an AI company focused on providing medical search and clinical decision support for physicians. OpenEvidence quickly gained traction, reaching a valuation of $12 billion after an early 2026 funding round, with Nadler owning nearly 60% of the company. Forbes estimates Nadler's net worth at $7.6 billion as of March 2026.
Key Business Strategies
Key strategies include creating free access for physicians and generating revenue through advertising. OpenEvidence uses AI to analyze and organize peer-reviewed medical literature. The company has signed up more than 758,000 doctors as of March 2026, and is adding them at a rate of 55,000 per month. The company's goal is to become the default operating system for doctors, revolutionizing how physicians access medical information.
Philanthropy
While specific amounts are not readily available, Daniel Nadler is involved in philanthropy. He is on the board of directors of the Academy of American Poets and serves on the Digital Art Committee of the Whitney Museum, indicating his support for the arts.