LEADERSHIP STONECORE CAPITAL
Shamir Asif
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Shamir founded StoneCore to rebuild private-markets investment banking from first principles — small senior teams, an uncompromising bar for the work, and a maniacal urgency to close.
shamir@stonecorecap.com01 BACKGROUND
He leads the firm’s most complex mandates across private equity and commercial real estate, owning each transaction from positioning through to signing.
Shamir has worked across private and public market transactions and holds deep expertise in alternative asset classes. He maintains close connections with large institutions, private equity investors, and family offices.
With a core background in finance, he has led 32 successful mandates across private equity transactions and commercial real estate.
02 AT A GLANCE
MANDATES LED
32
EXPERTISE
Alternative Assets
COVERAGE
Private Equity · CRE
NETWORK
Institutions · Sponsors ·
Family Offices
Family Offices
03 OUTSIDE THE FIRM
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Plays tennis. Competitive on the court, same as off it.
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Reads widely — biographies, business, and history — and believes the most-informed person in the room usually wins it.
04 ON THE SHELF
Four reads Shamir recommends to anyone serious about building.
Elon Musk
Steve Jobs
Principles
What It Takes
In the brief span we are given to live, mediocrity is a misuse of existence. Every venture, like every life, should aim for nothing less than the extraordinary.
SHAMIR — FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR