Paul Habibi

Paul Habibi serves as Continuing Lecturer of Finance and Real Estate at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He serves as Board Member at Pacific Charter School Development. He previously worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Manager of Transaction Support with The Walt Disney Company, and Audit Manager with Arthur Andersen LLP. He holds an MBA with Highest Distinction, under merit scholarship, from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he received the David T. Shelby Award. He also holds a BA in Economics and Accounting from UCSB. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and Real Estate Broker. He serves as an Industrial Advisor for EQT Partners, a Swedish private equity group of 18 funds with $30 billion in the capital. He is also an early investor and Member of the Board of Advisors of Knock, a venture-backed real estate startup led by founding team members of Trulia. Active in the community, he is a Member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Charter School Development.