Alexander Navab
| Alexander Navab | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 Isfahan, Iran |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Columbia University and Harvard University |
| 💼 Occupation | Founder and CEO of Navab Holdings |
| Board member of | Cornerstone Capital Group Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Robin Hood Foundation Board of Trustees, Columbia University Board of Trustees, New York Presbyterian Hospital |
| 🏅 Awards | Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2016) |
Alexander (“Alex”) Navab is a business executive and investor.
Navab was born in 1965 in Isfahan, Iran.[1] He moved to America after the Iranian Revolution.[1] He earned a Bachelor's degree from Colubmia College, Columbia University in 1987 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1991.[2] Navab's first job out of college was as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs.[1] From 1991 to 1993 he worked at the international bank James D. Wolfensohn, in mergers and acquisitions.[1]
In 1993, Navab was hired by the investment firm KKR, where he held several executive positions.[1] He was promoted to partner and chaired several committees focused on the firm's investment strategy in the Americas.[1] Navab became Co-Head of KKR's America’s private equity business in 2008 and then sole Head in 2014.[1] While at KKR he helped raise $13.9 billion for a buyout fund.[3] He left KKR in 2017,[1] and started his own buyout firm with funding from Goldman Sachs.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Roumeliotis, Greg (October 9, 2018). "Ex-KKR executive Navab to launch buyout firm with Goldman backing". Reuters. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Alexander Navab". Office of the Secretary of the University. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ↑ Merced, Michael (July 17, 2017). "K.K.R. Lays Out a Line of Succession, a Rare Move in Private Equity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
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