Nicholas Palahnuk is a passionate values-aligned wealth manager, fintech innovator, and philanthropist. After starting a wealth management business in 2011 with a mission to empower clients to live and give comfortably, the practice has evolved to focus on seeking outcome-based social and environmental impact through investing and philanthropy.
Palahnuk founded PhilanthPro in 2023, a software company transforming the financial industry by providing financial planning tools to advisors and clients that seek to create meaningful philanthropic impact through organized and intentional giving. Palahnuk is a member of the Harvard Innovation Lab where he developed PhilanthPro, while working towards a Master of Global Development Practice degree at Harvard. Palahnuk’s philanthropic passion is global mental health. He brings a community-based approach to decision making for his Canadian foundation, which has collaborated to fund innovative projects that address the mental health epidemic in the Global South.