Nathaniel Horwitz | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Investor |
| Known for | Mayday Health Hunterbrook |
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Nathaniel Horwitz is an Australian-American investor, entrepreneur, and investigative journalist. He is the co-founder of Mayday Health and Hunterbrook, where he is CEO. He was previously a partner at RA Capital Management.
Nathaniel Horwitz was raised in Australia and the United States. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in molecular and cellular biology. [1] As a student, Horwitz wrote for The Harvard Crimson and worked on biotech startups. [2] [3] [4] [5] He published biomedical research in the scientific journal Cell. [6] [7] While at Harvard, Horwitz met Sam Koppelman, with whom he would later found Mayday Health and Hunterbrook. [8] [9]
After graduating from Harvard, Horwitz joined RA Capital Management, a healthcare-focused investment firm. [10] While at RA Capital, Horwitz launched biotech companies. [11] He left RA Capital in 2023, before founding Hunterbrook. [12] He has written in The Washington Post , The Atlantic , The Daily Beast , Town & Country, and The Australian Financial Review. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
In 2022, before the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade , Horwitz co-founded Mayday Health with Koppelman and Liv Raisner. [18] The 501(c)(3) nonprofit educates on abortion access and advocated for laws to shield healthcare providers who send abortion medicine to people in states with abortion bans. [19] [20] Horwitz volunteered as CEO then moved to executive chair. [21] [22]
In 2023, Horwitz and Koppelman founded Hunterbrook, an investment fund, litigation firm, and investigative journalism outlet. [23] [24] Horwitz became CEO of both Hunterbrook Media and Hunterbrook Capital, which raised $100 million upon its launch. [25] [26] The company's name is partially derived from Horwitz's mother's last name. [27]
Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz lives in New York. [28] His father, Tony Horwitz, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His mother, Geraldine Brooks, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. [29] Both of his parents were war reporters for The Wall Street Journal. He has a brother, Bizu. [30]
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