Navid Mahmoodzadegan
Co-Founder & Co-President
Los Angeles

Navid Mahmoodzadegan is a Co-Founder and Co-President at Moelis & Company. Navid has been instrumental in building the Firm’s Media, Sports, and Entertainment franchise, which has become a global advisory leader having advised on over 200 transactions across the industry. Navid has over 30 years of investment banking experience.

Prior to Moelis & Company, Navid was Global Head of Media Investment Banking and a member of Americas Investment Banking Executive Committee at UBS Investment Bank. Navid was previously an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and began his career as an attorney at Irell & Manella. In 2024, Navid was named to Variety’s Dealmakers list, which recognizes the leaders behind the most impactful entertainment deals of the year. Since 2018, he has also been recognized in Variety500, an annual list of the 500 most influential leaders shaping the global media industry.

Navid holds an A.B. with Highest Distinction from the University of Michigan (Phi Beta Kappa) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude. He currently serves on the Taft School Board of Trustees and on the President’s Advisory Group at the University of Michigan. He previously served as Board Chair for the Carlthorp School Board of Trustees and the National Board of Directors of JumpStart.