Mr. Najafov is a co-Founder of Anthelion Capital and oversees strategy, investment selection, portfolio construction, and AI-native software platform development for the firm. He has twenty-four years of experience investing across sectors and asset classes as well as developing investing-focused data science software platforms. At Anthelion, Mr. Najafov co-led design and development of proprietary AI-native software platform for private credit and equity markets. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Camber, ecoATM, GreyOrange and Board Observer of actnano.

Since 2001, Mr. Najafov has managed capital for Enron, Goldman’s Principal Strategies Group, Highbridge, Millennium, and Indus Capital. He is experienced at developing and building risk and valuation technologies, which he has implemented at previous firms including Goldman Sachs and Highbridge to build investment businesses and manage cross-asset-class portfolios. Mr. Najafov helped to build a credit investment business at Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies and headed Capital Structure Opportunities business at Highbridge. He focused on commercializing key macro trends including oil/commodity super-cycle (2002-2004), financial crisis and recovery (profitable in financials investing each year 2006-2010), energy infrastructure boom (2012-2013), oil collapse (2014-2015), and solar energy growth (2012-2022).

Mr. Najafov majored in computer science at the American University in Baku and holds a BBA with honors in finance from Texas Tech University where he graduated summa cum laude at age 19. He also earned an MBA with honors from the Wharton School, where he majored in statistics, finance, and strategic management.