Established in 1987, Nemazee Capital has, directly or through associated entities, invested in a wide variety of businesses: healthcare, media, oil and gas, insurance, investment banking, asset management, newspapers, real estate development, technology, and communications.

Hassan Nemazee has more than 30 years of successful investing experience across numerous sectors.

Mr. Nemazee created Nemazee Holdings in the early 1970’s and began his career in financial services by establishing a joint venture between himself and AIG which, at the time, was unique for the insurance giant to enter into. Around this same time Nemazee created a joint venture for the establishment of a bank with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, predecessor to JP Morgan & Co.

Hassan Nemazee also established joint ventures in the real estate and construction industries with international companies such as Linbeck Construction Co. of Houston, TX and Knight, Frank, and Rutley of the United Kingdom.

Nemazee Capital evolved out of Nemazee Holdings and originally focused on real estate development. The company has developed successful projects such as the 300,000 sq ft, I.M. Pei designed One West Loop building in Houston, TX and a 500 acre master plan development of residential, commercial and retail properties in the greater Washington, DC metro area.

More recently, Nemazee Capital has focused its investment portfolio on the financial services industry through acquisitions of Carret Asset Management, a privately owned, $2 billion investment advisory firm originally founded by legendary investor Phillip Carret, and participated in the acquisition of the Brean Murray investment bank now called Brean Murray Carret & Co. Brean Murray Carret is a full service boutique investment bank dedicated to small cap and emerging growth companies with a specialization in Asia and China.