Name: Riaz Cassum
Title: Senior Managing Director
Company: Holliday Fenoglio Fowler
Location: One Post Office Sq., Boston, MA 02109
Place of birth and year: Mumbai, India, 1961
Family: Wife, Cecily; Two children
College: Sydenham College, BA; BU, MBA
First job in finance or allied field: Wells Fargo, financial analysis
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Co-head of the Boston office. We focus on debt and structure financial transactions. I am a member of HFF Securities, an investment banking group raising discretionary funds.
Hobbies: Tennis, travel, boating, fishing
Favorite book: "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
Favorite Movie: "The Godfather"
Keys to success: Hard work and honesty
If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Real estate development.