Management Team
Eyal Perez: Chairman, CEO & CFO
- Founder and Principal of Genesis Advisors, a hedge fund advisory and seeding firm focusing on special situation investing, alternative asset management and growth equity
- Raised $1.5bn from prominent alternative asset allocators
- Structured and seeded the first alternative UCITS vehicle for TCW Group and Advent Capital Management
- Oversaw several significant pre-IPO investments with a focus on Fintech, SaaS & Consumer Internet
- Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (“CAIA®”) Charterholder
- Education: Master of Science in Finance from the University of Geneva and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from HEC Geneva
Michael Lahyani: Co-Executive Chairman, President & Chief Strategy Officer
- Founder and CEO of Property Finder since 2005, the leading real estate classifieds portal connecting brokers and consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- Raised $140m Series C from General Atlantic in 2019 at a valuation just under $500m
- Founding Partner at Merro, an investment vehicle focused on online marketplaces globally
- Board member of the Advisory Council of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy
- First Endeavor entrepreneur of the UAE, a nonprofit global organization based in NYC that supports entrepreneurs with high social and economical impact
- Invested in Hemnet (STO: HEM) in 2016, a Swedish online classifieds company
- Board Experience: Chairman of Property Finder, Dubicars (online marketplace), Hosco (digital classifieds), Zingat (digital PropTech), Foxstone (digital PropTech)
- Education: Master and Bachelor in Business Administration from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland