Nemir Kirdar

Nemir Amin Kirdar (Arabic: نمير قيردار) (28 October 1936 – 8 June 2020) was an Iraqi and Turkish banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author. As a founding father of private equity, and an economic and cultural bridge-builder, he was the founder and CEO of Investcorp, a global alternative investment group that operates in Manama, New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, and Singapore. He spent much of his life in London, and held British citizenship.