Avraham Kadar, MD

Avraham Kadar, MD, is a physician-scientist, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of BrainPOP, a pioneering digital education company that has engaged, inspired, and impacted millions of students across the world for more than two and a half decades. BrainPOP was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand—its first acquisition in digital learning. A pediatrician and immunologist by training, Dr. Kadar began his career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was a fellow in the laboratory of clinical investigation at the height of the AIDS epidemic.