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Nemir Kirdar, investment banker, was born on October 28, He died of causes related to dementia on June 8, , aged!
Personal testimony from the man who fled Iraq for the US and became one of the most successful business leaders of our time.
Nemir Kirdar
Iraqi businessman (–)
Nemir Amin Kirdar[1] (28 October [2] – 8 June ) was an Iraqi 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.[3] He spent much of his life in London, and held British citizenship.[4] He was of Iraqi Turkmen background from Kirkuk.[5]
Early life
Kirdar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, to the influential Turkmen Kirdar family, who were prominent in the politics of the late Ottoman Empire and interwar Iraq.
He completed his primary education at Baghdad's Saadoun School, his secondary education at the Jesuit-run Baghdad College, and his initial university education at Robert College in Istanbul, initially studying engineering then switching to econom