David Nazarian

David Nazarian is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist.

Early life David Nazarian was born circa 1961 in Tehran, Iran. His father, Younes Nazarian, was a businessman and philanthropist. His mother, Soraya Nazarian, is a philanthropist. His paternal uncle, Izak Parviz Nazarian, was also a businessman and philanthropist. Nazarian immigrated to the United States with his parents during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He received a Master of Business Administration from the USC Marshall School of Business. and serves as its chief executive officer. He acquired real estate from the Resolution Trust Corporation in the first half of the 1990s. In 2012, Nîmes Capital acquired TD Food Group, a fast food company which owns and operates Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan, from Brentwood Associates. Nîmes sold the company to Restaurant Brands New Zealand in 2017 for a reported $105 million. In 2018, Nazarian acquired a portfolio of mid-sized operating companies and real estate holdings focused on multi-family, student housing and hotel assets. Nîmes Real Estate, a subsidiary of his Nazarian Enterprises, in 2021 had $1 billion in acquisitions. He also serves on the board of leaders of the USC Marshall School of Business

With his wife, he endowed the David and Angella Nazarian Youth Leadership Program at Sinai Temple, a conservative synagogue in Westwood, for children from the 9th to the 12th grade. In 2014, they were also honored for their Jewish and pro-Israel philanthropy by Hillel 818, the chapter of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life for students at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Pierce College and the Los Angeles Valley College.

In 2014, he made a charitable contribution of $10 million to his alma mater, CSUN.

Personal life He is married to Angella Maddahi, a former academic, non-fiction author, conference organizer and philanthropist. They have two sons.