Rustom Masalawala

Managing Partner, Golden Mean Capital Partners

Rustom Masalawala is Co-Founder of Golden Mean Capital Partners and responsible for the firm’s deal sourcing and due diligence assessments. Over the past twelve years, Mr. Masalawala has worked in a large number of developing countries, with a particular emphasis on India and sub-Saharan Africa. In 2007 Mr. Masalawala joined the Millennium Village Project as Director of Business Development and ran the business development initiatives in ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa. He also served as a staff member at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Prior to that he ran the Health Portfolio at Acumen Fund, a leading Social Venture Organization, and was one of the founding team members. Over the years Mr. Masalawala has also run his consulting company and worked closely with a number of small and large companies as well as high net worth individuals.


Mr. Masalawala holds a Bachelor’s in Physics/Math from the University of Mumbai, a Master’s in Computer Science from SUNY, and a Diploma in Business Management from Xavier University.