Ali Raissi-Dekhordy

Global Co-Head Petershill at Goldman Sachs Alternatives

Speaker

Ali Raissi-Dehkordy is a partner in Goldman Sachs Alternatives, serving as global co-head of the Petershill business, which he has led since its formation in 2007. He is chair of the Petershill GP Strategies Investment Committee, directing investing in leading private-market managers as a management company investor in established firms (through the Petershill GP Stakes program) and in earlier stage private-market managers (through the Petershill Early Stage program). Ali is a managing director ally of the LGBTQ+ Network.

Ali first joined Goldman Sachs in 1999 as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division and rejoined the firm in Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a portfolio manager for the first Petershill fund in 2007. He was named managing director in 2011 and partner in 2022.

Prior to rejoining the firm, Ali was an advisory principal at Perella Weinberg Partners, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and financial institutions.

Ali earned a BA in Economics and a general honors degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar.