Before the MBA, Faisal Butt had been working on his own e-commerce business Tribal Monsoon, shuttling between the US and Pakistan. Prior to this, Faisal had started his career as a technology consultant in Los Angeles. Faisal graduated with a BA in Economics and a minor in Computer Science from UCLA.
After the MBA, Faisal partnered with celebrity entrepreneur James Caan, and soon afterwards set up his own private equity platform Spire Ventures. More recently, he founded a technology accelerator focused on startups in the PropTech sector. Faisal now has over 7 businesses in his investment portfolio and is a recurring columnist in business journals such as Management Today, and is regarded as one of UK’s top innovators in the property sector.