Amir Rafizadeh
Operating Partner
Amir provides value-added support to portfolio investments as they leverage their outreach efforts and build strong relationships across the industry. Additionally, Amir advises the Steward team across key initiatives. Since 1986, he has built successful strategic partnerships and a large network of like-minded family offices by helping them to expand both their private businesses as well as their collaboration globally with other successful family business founders.
Amir is the founder of 678 Partners, an advisory network and community of over 600 family offices and institutional allocators. His sales and business consulting accelerates growth, product fit and customer acquisition strategies for privately held companies. He has held prior roles at GlaxoSmithkline and Morgan Stanley, and has additionally consulted to TriState Capital Bank and Charles Schwab Institutional. In addition to his role at Steward, he is an advisor to notable firms such as Shearman & Sterling, Lw3 and Sutton Capital.
Amir is an active volunteer to several nonprofits including The Boys and Girls Club, Alzheimer’s Association, Athletes Against Drugs, Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, Charity Water and Future Founders. Amir earned a BSc in computer science from University College London and an MBA in international business from the University of Bristol.