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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