Brad
Keywell
American entrepreneur (and part-time author, artist, and professor)
Brad is an American entrepreneur, investor, professor, author, artist, and
philanthropist. He is a founder of ten technology companies (three of which have
gone public on NASDAQ), a venture capital firm, a global ideas platform, an
immersive museum, and several nonprofit organizations.
Brad was named overall 2019 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year, the highest global honor (selected from 44 country winners), and was awarded the 2018 overall EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the United States. He was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Gigawatt AI, an AI-native operating system for energy and water utilities. He is the Founder of Uptake Technologies (acquired by Bosch), an Industrial AI software company, which was Forbes Startup of the Year in 2015, a three-time CNBC Disruptor, a 3x Forbes Cloud 100 member, and #3 on Forbes AI 50.
Brad is a founding investor of Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM), a leader in the field of data-driven precision medicine. He is a co-founder of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO), MediaOcean (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Drivin (acquired by NYSE:KAR), Dough (merged into TastyTrade, acquired by IG Group (IGG:L)), and a founder of the venture capital firm Lightbank.
Brad is an investor (through Lightbank or personally) in Anthropic, GoPub, Udemy, Reverb, Sprout Social, Fiverr, CrowdRise, Benzinga, and more. He is on the Board of Directors of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE:TKO -- parent company of UFC and WWE), and previously served for a decade on the Board of Directors of Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), a S&P 500 company.
Brad is the founder of WNDR museum, an immersive art+technology experience. He is the Founder of Chicago Ideas, one of the largest city-based ideas platforms.
Brad signed The Giving Pledge in 2015 committing to give the majority of his wealth to charitable causes. He is the Chairman of Future Founders, a non-profit providing entrepreneurship education to students in underserved communities throughout Chicagoland.
Brad is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned a J.D. cum laude at the University of Michigan Law School and a BBA with honors from the University of Michigan School of Business.
Brad was named overall 2019 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year, the highest global honor (selected from 44 country winners), and was awarded the 2018 overall EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the United States. He was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Gigawatt AI, an AI-native operating system for energy and water utilities. He is the Founder of Uptake Technologies (acquired by Bosch), an Industrial AI software company, which was Forbes Startup of the Year in 2015, a three-time CNBC Disruptor, a 3x Forbes Cloud 100 member, and #3 on Forbes AI 50.
Brad is a founding investor of Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM), a leader in the field of data-driven precision medicine. He is a co-founder of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO), MediaOcean (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Drivin (acquired by NYSE:KAR), Dough (merged into TastyTrade, acquired by IG Group (IGG:L)), and a founder of the venture capital firm Lightbank.
Brad is an investor (through Lightbank or personally) in Anthropic, GoPub, Udemy, Reverb, Sprout Social, Fiverr, CrowdRise, Benzinga, and more. He is on the Board of Directors of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE:TKO -- parent company of UFC and WWE), and previously served for a decade on the Board of Directors of Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), a S&P 500 company.
Brad is the founder of WNDR museum, an immersive art+technology experience. He is the Founder of Chicago Ideas, one of the largest city-based ideas platforms.
Brad signed The Giving Pledge in 2015 committing to give the majority of his wealth to charitable causes. He is the Chairman of Future Founders, a non-profit providing entrepreneurship education to students in underserved communities throughout Chicagoland.
Brad is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned a J.D. cum laude at the University of Michigan Law School and a BBA with honors from the University of Michigan School of Business.
Some of the Organizations
I've Founded, Invested in, or Serve on the Board
