Zain Fancy

Zain Fancy is a Singaporean real estate investor and business executive. He is the founder and managing director of Clifton Partners, a Singapore-based real estate investment firm.

Career Fancy was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and later became a Singapore citizen. He attended Karachi Grammar School before attending Phillips Academy Andover, where he graduated in 1992. He then attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1996. In 2008, he moved to Och-Ziff Capital Management Group as a managing director focused on Asian real estate investments.

In 2010, Fancy left Och-Ziff and founded Clifton Partners in Singapore. The firm initially focused on real estate investments in Asia and later became active in Singapore's conservation shophouse market.

According to The Business Times, Clifton Partners and its affiliates owned 14 shophouses in Singapore's central business district by 2017, with a combined value of approximately S$250 million.

In 2024, an affiliate of Clifton Partners sold three properties to the Zhang Ying, the wife of Jack Ma. In 2024, Clifton Partners also acquired three large shophouses in Singapore’s Bugis Street for S$72 million.

In 2025, Clifton Partners acquired a portfolio of assets from billionaire Ricardo Portabella. That same year, Clifton Partners closed its debut investment fund focused on Singapore commercial assets.

In 2011, Fancy set up a Singapore-based real estate investment firm focused on small and medium-sized properties.

Legal dispute In 2011, Fancy successfully sued his former lawyers over a failed property transaction involving a residential property in Singapore. The case was reported by Bloomberg News, which noted that the court awarded him damages of approximately S$1.8 million.

Community involvement Fancy, an Ismaili, has been involved with the Ismaili Muslim community in Singapore. In 2025, he was serving as president of the Ismaili Council for Southeast Asia.