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Iranian-American businessman (born 1963)

Jamshid Jahm Najafi (born March 1963)^[1] is an Iranian-American billionaire businessman.^[2] He manages The Najafi Companies, a private equity firm, is vice chairman of the NBA's Phoenix Suns and McLaren Racing.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Najafi was born in Iran.

In 1975, he and his older brother Francis relocated to the United States.^[5] He received a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a master's degree in business economics from Harvard University in 1986.^[6][7]

Career

Najafi worked for Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street firm that became part of Citigroup,^[6][8] before he was CEO of Pivotal Private Equity^[9] and partner and COO of the parent company, The Pivotal Group,^[10][11][12] which he ran with his