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Nadeem Nathoo

Co-founder, The Knowledge Society

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Nadeem Nathoo co-founded The Knowledge Society, an accelerator for 13-to-17-year-olds, with his brother Navid in 2016. Before TKS he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Earlier he interned at Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and was part of the first cohort of The Next 36. The brothers grew up in Calgary.

Nadeem hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Nadeem co-founded The Knowledge Society, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Nadeem Nathoo co-found The Knowledge Society?

Yes. The TKS about page, checked September 23, 2026, says TKS was "Founded in 2016 by brothers Navid and Nadeem Nathoo", and its team page, checked the same day, lists both brothers under Founders. BetaKit described the brothers as co-founders on April 3, 2017.

What has his role at TKS been?

BetaKit reported on April 3, 2017 that he was executive director of growth and partnerships at TKS. The OMD Ventures podcast introduced him in December 2019 as co-founder and executive director. The TKS team page, checked September 23, 2026, lists him as a founder without a separate title, so his present-day title is not confirmed here.

What did he do before TKS?

Glory Media reported on May 1, 2019 that he had interned at Grameen Bank with Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, built mobility aids in rural Honduras, taught a business course in Mombasa, was part of the Next 36's first cohort, and more recently spent a few years at McKinsey & Company. BetaKit reported on April 3, 2017 that he credited the Next 36 with getting him into entrepreneurship.

What is his argument for TKS?

The TKS team page, checked September 23, 2026, quotes him asking why, if we can train Olympic-level athletes from a young age, we can't train Olympic-level CEOs and innovators. BetaKit reported on April 3, 2017 that he said TKS students arrive trying to predict and create the future rather than just learn information.

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