Aamir Rehman
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Aamir A. Rehman is as Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Senior Fellow at the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University. Since 2021, he has taught private equity courses to over 500 students in Columbia Business School's full-time MBA, Executive MBA, and Executive Education programs.
Dr. Rehman is Chair of Innate Capital Partners, which has invested as a Limited Partner over 10 funds and as a direct investor in over 15 companies. He serves on the boards of directors of multiple private equity related businesses, including both asset managers and portfolio companies. He is also an advisor to Fajr Capital, a private equity group of which he was a co-founder and managing director. Dr. Rehman has also advised family businesses on their sales to private equity groups.
In addition to his work in investment management, Dr. Rehman has served as a Senior Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a Consultant to the World Bank Group’s Finance and Markets Global Practice. He is a trustee of Mercer County Community College and of the Rutgers Preparatory School.
Dr. Rehman is the author of the books Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States (McGraw-Hill, 2007) and Gulf Capital & Islamic Finance: The Rise of the New Global Players (McGraw-Hill, 2009). He is also author of numerous articles on finance and investments, capital flows, and the Gulf states.
Dr. Rehman’s work has been published and featured in journals including the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey on Society, and the Wharton Leadership Digest. He has presented at events hosted by the United Nations, the World Bank, the CFA Institute, the Global Impact Investment Network, and numerous universities. His family office is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study published in May 2025.
Dr. Rehman holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a doctor of education (Ed.D.) degree from Columbia University. He was born and raised in New York City and resides with his family in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
