Noah Murad is an entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner of Bluestar Equity, the Murad family's private investment office. Over the course of his career, Noah has co-founded, built, acquired, and sold hundreds of businesses across a wide range of industries. Bluestar Equity operates with a team of over 150 staff across Canada and the United States, with holdings spanning real estate and public and private companies. Noah's work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and the Financial Post. He holds an MBA and has lectured at academic and professional institutions on entrepreneurship and mergers and acquisitions. He lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with his wife and four children.
Jacob Murad is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and private-equity operator. He is the managing partner and general counsel of BlueStar Equity, a Toronto-based private-equity family office, where he leads mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and post-closing integrations. As outside counsel, he has advised buyers and sellers on hundreds of private transactions across Canada. Jacob holds a law degree from Western Michigan Cooley Law School, where he graduated at the top of his class, as well as an LL.M. from the University of Toronto. He teaches business law, writes a regular column for LexisNexis Law360 Canada, and speaks regularly at conferences and on podcasts throughout North America. He lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with his wife and their three children.