Nova Ventures: Searching for Gems in the UK
Zakib Sari, an aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur who had worked for Shell UK for several years, decided to pursue the entrepreneurship-through-acquisition path after his first year of the MBA programme at London Business School (LBS). In January 2016 he analysed several career options and concluded that the search-fund model was the best option to become the owner and CEO of an existing business.
Authors
- Luisa Alemany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-9859)
- Florin P. Vasvari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-2612)
Institutions
- London Business School (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- LBS Publishing
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58018/5msh-jhbs
- Primary Topic
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00