Farhood founded NexGen Aviation Capital in 2007 as a platform for principal investing in aircraft assets and aviation companies. Under his leadership, NexGen has led over $1 billion in aircraft transactions.
Farhood's experience combines executive management, principal investing, and management consulting, with a family legacy spanning 40 years in the aviation industry. Prior to NexGen, Farhood served as head of strategy and business development for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (nasdaq AAWW), holding responsibility for corporate strategy, fleet transactions, corporate development, and new business initiatives. On behalf of Atlas, Farhood led over $4 billion in transactions including an order with Boeing as a launch customer for the B747-8F.
Farhood spent the first 5 years of his career as a management consultant at Ernst & Young. Farhood holds a BS in Finance and International Business from New York University's Stern School of Business, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
