An Interview with Mr. Ziad K. Abdelnour - President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc.
Ziad K. Abdelnour is a leading Wall Street dealmaker, trader and financier with 20+ years experience in merchant banking, private equity, alternative investments and physical commodities trading. Throughout his career, Mr. Abdelnour worked on more than 125 transactions representing approximately $30 billion in value and ranging in size from $5 million - $5 billion while raising in the process in excess of $3.5 billion in privately placed debt and equity financing for more than 100 companies.
Mr. Abdelnour is currently President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., a New York based venture capital “family office” that focuses on originating, structuring and acting as equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings mainly in the global energy and technology sectors.
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Yaron Bazaz: Hi Ziad, how did you find yourself involved with investment banking and private equity activities?
Ziad K. Abdelnour: “You don’t find yourself involved with such activities. You either want to do it real bad, as I did, and aggressively go for it or you don’t. Both the private equity and the investment banking businesses are very time intensive. If you cannot allocate a significant amount of hours to either; especially in the early years, don’t do it. Lots of sacrifice involved to build a real business. You are building a career not just finding a job.”
Y.B: What distinguish Blackhawk Partners from other PEs and Investment Banks in the New York area?
Ziad K. Abdelnour: “We are not really an investment bank though we undertake such activities through Terra Nova Capital Partners; our investment banking affiliate. We are a private “family office” that basically focuses on originating, structuring and acting as equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings mainly in the global energy and technology sectors. Read more »»
