birth_place nationality article_title birth_date employer name occupation alma_mater
india american suhail rizvi
 1965 chief investment officer at rizvi traverse management llc suhail r. rizvi venture capitalist wharton -rrb- school of the university of pennsylvania -lrb- b.s.
suhail rizvi

suhail r. rizvi is co-founder and chief investment officer of rizvi traverse management llc .
he has a bachelor of science in economics from the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania , and sits on the wharton undergraduate executive board .
a venture capitalist , his investments include twitter , facebook , flipboard and square .
due to his large stake in twitter , both personally and for other investors , he was the subject of media scrutiny at the time of twitter 's ipo ; he is notoriously private .
along with social media , rizvi has invested in telecommunications and entertainment .
in april 2007 , rizvi traverse acquired an equity ownership stake in summit entertainment , the studio behind the successful `` twilight '' series .
in january 2012 , lions gate announced that it had acquired summit entertainment for $ 412.5 million .
in 2005 , his firm acquired controlling interest in international creative management , but sold its stake .
after management problems with the hollywood talent agency , rizvi traverse management exchanged its equity , `` for a combination of cash , preferred non-voting shares and an ongoing interest in certain assets of the company . ''
the firm also helped hugh hefner buy back playboy enterprises .
his father was a professor of psychology at ellsworth community college in iowa falls .
along with his older brother ashraf , a hedge fund manager , rizvi graduated from wharton business school .
both now serve on its executive board .
