Jonathan Goodman

President and CEO - Knight Therapeutics Inc.

Mr. Goodman was the co-founder, President and CEO of publicly-traded Paladin Labs Inc., which was acquired in February 2014 by Endo International Inc. (NASDAQ:ENDP) for $3.2 billion. Under Mr. Goodman`s leadership, $1.50 invested in Paladin at its founding was worth $152 nineteen years later. The same day that Paladin was sold, Mr. Goodman (1) started Knight Therapeutics Inc. (TSE:GUD), a second publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company and (2) with sale proceeds of Paladin, funded the 11th largest Canadian charitable foundation.

Knight raised $685 million of equity in 5 rounds of financing all at increasing valuations and has generated, as of 2024, $379 million of profitability.

For the last 29 years, Mr. Goodman has devoted 15% of his time to repairing our broken world, which has included (1) leading, as Campaign Chair, Federation Combined Jewish Appeals annual campaign raising $45+ million, (2) fielding the largest team in the Province of Quebec for the Ride to Conquer Cancer for 7 consecutive years raising ~$10 million for cancer research and (3) filling Place des Arts for the Ted Wise ORT/Jewish Education Gala for 10 consecutive years raising $11 million to support Jewish education in Montreal and abroad.

Mr. Goodman is a recipient of the Globe and Mail’s Top 40 Under 40 award, Federation CJA’s Sam Steinberg Award for entrepreneurial excellence and Koach Award for leading campaigner, UIA Federations of Canada National Young Leadership Award of Distinction, the Special Recognition Award by Brain Injury Canada, Bernard Gross Leadership Award by ORT Montreal, and the Scarlett Key Award by McGill University. In addition, Mr. Godman was appointed Honorary Chairman of the Ride to Conquer Cancer and was named Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year in the Life Sciences by the National Post and Ernst &Young. 

Mr. Goodman holds a B.A. with Great Distinction from McGill University and the London School of Economics with 1st Class Honors. Additionally, Mr. Goodman holds an LL.B. and MBA from McGill.