Jahm Najafi Jahm Najafi serves as our CEO and Co-Chairman of our Board. Since 2002, Mr. Najafi has served has founder, CEO and owner of The Najafi Companies, which is an entrepreneurially driven private investment firm with significant holdings in consumer, retail, ecommerce, sports, media, and technology. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Najafi was an entrepreneur and Partner at Pivotal Group, a real estate investment firm that repositioned The Ritz Carlton in Phoenix and St. Regis and the Century Plaza in Los Angeles, and Promontory in Park City. From 1986 to 1990, Mr. Najafi worked at Salomon Brothers Investment Banking, now a division of Citigroup. Mr. Najafi is a significant shareholder and Vice Chairman of both the Phoenix Suns and McLaren F1 Racing. In addition, Mr. Najafi is a Governor on the Board of the NBA and a Director on the Smithsonian Institution National Board and has served on numerous other philanthropic boards. He is active with the World Presidents Organization and Chief Executive Organization, was a Board member of the Phoenix Symphony, and is the founder of Social Venture Partners Arizona which is focused on mission-driven non-profit enterprises. Mr. Najafi earned his Master of Business Economics degree from Harvard University after earning his Bachelor of Economics and Development Studies degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Peter Keane serves as our Chief Financial Officer. Since March 2020, Mr. Keane is also currently the Chief Financial Officer of The Najafi Companies. Mr. Keane is responsible for overseeing all financial and transaction related matters across the portfolio of companies. Prior to joining The Najafi Companies, from September 2019 to March 2020, Mr. Keane served as Director of Accounting for Katerra, Inc., a tech-enabled global construction company. Prior to Katerra, from August 2005 to September 2019, Mr. Keane served held various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, most recently as an Audit and Assurance director focusing on media, technology and telecommunications clients. During his tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he was responsible for leading the audits of several Fortune 1000 companies and supporting clients with initial public offerings, acquisitions and integrations, process optimization, and SEC reporting. Mr. Keane is a CPA and received his B.S. in Accounting from Georgetown University, and holds an M.S. in Accounting from Boston College.
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