About Us

Nathan Richardson is a humanitarian with an entrepreneurial streak. He began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal, then returned to West Africa to run the International Rescue Committee in Liberia at the end of the civil war. He has since been a founder and leader at some of the most iconic brands of the digital age — leading Yahoo! Finance, building and launching two of Gilt Groupe's businesses, founding a fintech company later acquired by TradingView, and spending years with The Points Guy, part of Red Ventures. He has served on several private and public company boards, alongside nonprofits including the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education and LAMDA.

As Nathan has written elsewhere on this site, he spent years leading a high-pressure tech life while raising twins as a single father. His journey into neuroscience and psychedelics began after a depressive episode he's written about extensively. He has since worked with certified healers through several psychedelic therapies — experiences he considers both life-saving and life-changing. Even his kids have noticed. He has also taken coursework in neuroscience to deepen his understanding of the science he writes about.

He launched Altitude as a place to share that journey, and to help others understand the science behind psychedelics, meditation, and healing. You are not alone.

Nathan also writes a daily news digest for his kids, which he prints each morning and publishes as Archer's Daily on Substack. On the same Substack, he's polishing more than 400 pages of journal entries from his time in Liberia, which can be found here.

Nathan welcomes feedback — get in touch.