Faisal Butt

Faisal Butt
Residence London, England
Nationality Pakistani-British
Ethnicity Punjabi
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known for Business
Website www.faisalbutt.com

Faisal Butt is an entrepreneur and investor currently based in Mayfair, London.[1]

He is best known for co-founding Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate in partnership with celebrity entrepreneur James Caan.[2]

Early Life & Education

After graduating from UCLA in 1999, Butt started his career in Los Angeles with American Management Systems (AMS), a Forbes 500 ranked IT consulting firm. In 2003 he invested and actively ran a tech start-up called Tribal Monsoon. The company was a socially conscious e-business which specialised in the sale of South Asian cultural handmade products to global businesses and consumers.[3]

He earned an MBA with distinction from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in 2009 as a Skoll Foundation Scholar.[4] During his studies at Oxford, he met his eventual business partner James Caan.

Butt is a recipient of several noteworthy industry and academic awards, including “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” by Shell Livewire in 2003[3] and in 2008 Oxford University's Skoll Scholarship, a highly sought after scholarship awarded annually to five promising “social entrepreneurs”.[3]

He also co-founded a South Asian chapter of the organisation TiE, the world’s largest enterprise-focused non-profit.[5] Butt has been very active in the last 18 months, having invested in five new ventures in five different sectors. He owns stakes in a range of companies including Accouter Design, The London Management Company, Ivy Gate, Leadership and Management, and 90 North.

References

  1. Crofton, Matt. "Looking for the next Rightmove: PrimeResi meets Faisal Butt, property’s venture capitalist with the Caan-do attitude". Prime Resi Prime Property Journal. Prime Resi. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. Hadley, Jessica. "From MBA To Investing With A Dragon". Business Because. Business Because. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Faisal Butt". University of Oxford. University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. Faisal Butt, Saïd Business School
  5. Sorrell, Helen. "TiE UK Charter Member Faisal Butt is interviewed by PrimeResi". TIE. TIE UK. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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