Born in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 1950 and attended the Landon School graduating in 1968.
Received a AB degree with Honors from Harvard University in 1972.
1972 to 1979 - Chairman of Iran Foundation, Nemazee Hospital, Nemazee School of Nursing, Shiraz Waterworks, and Member of the Board of Trustees of Shiraz University (formerly Pahlavi University). Chairman and CEO of Nemazee Holdings. Nemazee Holdings was joint venture partner of American International Group (AIG), Morgan Bank, and Linbeck Construction in Iran.
1979 to 1987 - Chairman and CEO of HN Properties which developed real estate in Houston, Texas and suburban Washington, D.C.
1987 to present - Chairman and CEO of Nemazee Capital Corporation. Nemazee Capital Corporation is a holding company which invests in both public and private companies.
- Co-Chair of Brean Murray Carret & Co.
- Co-Chair of Carret Asset Management Group LLC
- RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board 2006
- Member Advisory Board Foreign Policy Leadership Council - 2004
- Member Council on Foreign Relations - 2004
- Member Board of Trustees Asia Society - March 2003
- Member Asia Society Policy Advisory Board
- Nominated by President Clinton in 1999 to be U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
- Member of the Visiting Committee of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 1998 - 2005
- Member of Visiting Committee on University Resources, Harvard University 1986-2002
- Member of the Middle East Center Advisory Council at Harvard University 1990 - 1994
- Member of the International Affairs Planning Committee, Harvard University 1990-1995
- In 1996 was named a John Harvard Fellow
- Vice Chairman of the Encyclopedia Iranica affiliated with Columbia University 1990-1998
- Taught seminars at Harvard and also in Japan and Korea in conjunction with Harvard University.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of The Spence School 1993 - 1997
- Member of the Board of Trustees of The Brain Trauma Foundation 1996 - present
