Navid Mahmoodzadegan

Co-Founder, Founding Partner, Co-President & MD, Moelis & Company

Search every verified Navid Mahmoodzadegan interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Navid Mahmoodzadegan, co-founder and co-president of Moelis & Company, discussed his upcoming role as CEO in a June 2025 Bloomberg Television interview. He said he was honored and excited to succeed Ken Moelis, adding that the firm's strategy of prioritizing clients, hiring top bankers, and maintaining its culture would continue under his leadership, though he would bring a different energy and style. He also commented on the M&A outlook, stating that people want to transact and that improved conditions could lead to a significant pickup in announced deal activity. He noted the growing role of alternative asset managers in providing capital and said Moelis aims to stay on the cutting edge of technology, including AI, to better serve clients. In earlier appearances, Mahmoodzadegan commented on market conditions and deal activity. In December 2021, he said that 2021 was an extraordinary year for M&A and predicted continued high levels of activity in 2022, citing structural factors such as technology disruption, ESG, energy transition, and deglobalization. He also noted a "tremendous explosion" of private equity activity, estimating private equity made up approximately half of the M&A market. In December 2020, he discussed recent IPO valuations, saying some valuations could be questioned but that many newly public companies had real, sustainable business models. He also predicted a steady stream of corporate restructurings over the next couple of years due to leveraged balance sheets, though not necessarily a large wave absent an economic downturn. In May 2020, he defended private equity investment in public companies during the pandemic, arguing that such deals provided companies with certainty, customization, and sponsorship and that private equity was providing a real benefit to capital markets.