Nate Silver is an American statistician and writer who is best known for his work at FiveThirtyEight.com, a website he founded in 2008. He is also the author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don't. Silver is renowned for his accurate predictions of election results, including the 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections. He has also been credited with correctly predicting the outcomes of the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Silver's work at FiveThirtyEight.com has earned him the nickname 'Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com'.