Daniel Nadler

Canadian-born technology entrepreneur, poet, and film producer

Daniel J. Nadler (born 1983) is a Canadian-born billionaire entrepreneur and poet. He is the founder and CEO of OpenEvidence, an artificial intelligence company that develops a medical search and clinical decision-support platform for physicians.2

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Born Jun 3, 1983.1

About

He previously founded Kensho Technologies, which was acquired by S&P Global in 2018.

Nadler's debut poetry collection, Lacunae: 100 Imagined Ancient Love Poems (2016), was described by The Washington Post as a "striking debut". He was included in the Time 100 Health list of the 100 most influential individuals in global health. As of 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth was at US$7.6 billion.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedHarvard University3

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. Nadler attended Harvard University where he studied mathematics and classics, and poetry under the mentorship of Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham. In 2016 Nadler received a PhD, also from Harvard, with a doctoral thesis on the pricing mechanisms of credit derivatives. He was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve during his PhD studies.

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Career

Occupation: poet.6

Known for: OpenEvidence.7

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. In 2018 Kensho was acquired by S&P Global for US$550 million.

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.

In film, Nadler has served as a financier and producer. He was a co-financier and producer on the 2021 drama Palmer starring Justin Timberlake, and served as an executive producer on the film Motherless Brooklyn (2019).

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OpenEvidence

In 2021 Nadler founded OpenEvidence, an artificial intelligence company providing medical search and clinical decision support for physicians.

By early 2026, following several private funding rounds, the company reached a valuation of US$12 billion.

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Personal life

  • BornJun 3, 1983, Toronto8
  • CitizenshipCanada9

As of 2026, Nadler resides in Surfside, Florida. According to Forbes, his estimated net worth was approximately US $7.6 billion.

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