# Navid Mahmoodzadegan

> Navid Mahmoodzadegan is the Los Angeles-based CEO and co-founder of Moelis & Company. A former attorney and media investment banker, he helped establish the firm in 2007, served as co-president from 2015, and became CEO on October 1, 2025. His advisory experience spans entertainment, talent representation and sports ownership.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Moelis & Company
- **Organizations:** Moelis & Company, UBS Investment Bank (former), Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (former), Irell & Manella (former), Partnership for New York City Board of Directors, University of Michigan President’s Advisory Group, Taft School Board of Trustees, Carlthorp School Board of Trustees (former chair), Jumpstart National Board of Directors (former)
- **Education:** A.B., Highest Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan, J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School
- **Known for:** Helped build Moelis’s media and communications advisory business., Advised the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital-led ownership group on its acquisition of Chelsea Football Club., Advisory work includes Atairos’s 30% investment in Opry Entertainment Group, Apollo’s minority investment in Legendary Entertainment and EQT’s minority investment in United Talent Agency.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Practiced law at Irell & Manella before moving to investment banking.
- **1995-2001** — Investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
- **2001-2007** — Worked at UBS Investment Bank, ultimately as Global Head of Media Investment Banking and a member of its Americas Investment Banking Executive Committee.
- **2007** — Co-founded Moelis & Company.
- **2015-09** — Became co-president of Moelis & Company.
- **2025-06** — Named incoming CEO in a planned leadership transition announced June 9.
- **2025-10** — Became CEO and joined the board on October 1.

## Achievements

- Helped build Moelis’s media and communications advisory business.
- Advised the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital-led ownership group on its acquisition of Chelsea Football Club.
- Advisory work includes Atairos’s 30% investment in Opry Entertainment Group, Apollo’s minority investment in Legendary Entertainment and EQT’s minority investment in United Talent Agency.
- Recognized in Variety500, as documented by the Michigan Fashion Media Summit biography.
- Included in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s LA500 in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — On July 29, Moelis reported first-half revenue of $729.2 million, up 9% year over year; Mahmoodzadegan and CFO Chris Callesano were scheduled to discuss the results on the earnings call.
- **2026-06** — Moelis announced that Mahmoodzadegan would speak at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference on June 10.
- **2026-04** — Moelis reported first-quarter revenue of $319.8 million, up 4% year over year.
- **2025-10** — Assumed the CEO role and joined the Moelis board effective October 1.

## Links

- Website: https://www.moelis.com/team/navid-mahmoodzadegan/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navid-mahmoodzadegan

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Last updated: 2026-10-23