Kristopher "Kip" McDaniel (born January 27, 1982, in Cobble Hill, British Columbia) is an American-Canadian media executive and former rower.
McDaniel attended high school at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island.[1] After high school he went on to get a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Harvard. He attended Cambridge University, where he rowed in the 2006 and 2007Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races, at stroke oar in 2006.[2][3] He was a two-time national champion at Harvard (in the stroke seat); while there, he also rowed for USA at the Lucerne World Cup in 2004.[4] From 2005 until 2008, he was a member of the Canadian National Team, winning bronze medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.[5]
After retiring from competitive rowing in 2008, McDaniel became the editor-in-chief of aiCIO, a financial publication based in New York City. After leaving aiCIO in 2016, McDaniel became the editor-in-chief[6] of Institutional Investor Magazine. Since 2021, McDaniel has been President of the Americas of With Intelligence (formerly Pageant Media).[7] He lives in Bow, New Hampshire with his family.