Zaid Kayyali

Director of Business Development

Zaid is Director of Business Development of Icon Wealth Partners. Previously, he was with Proshares and Invesco where he was a business development consultant.  Zaid has a strong knowledge of the independent RIA space and excels in finding unique ways to bring value to the advisors with whom he works.  His major areas of focus are helping advisors create business efficiency and scalability through process development and refinement, building multi-generational businesses by connecting with millennial investors, and developing unique and interactive ways to engage with clients.

A Birmingham native, Zaid earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Masters in Data Analytics from the University of Houston – Downtown. In addition, Zaid has a post-graduate certificate in Project Management from the University of Chicago.

Zaid lives in Houston and enjoys spending time working on his golf game, listening to podcasts about various interest ranging from astrophysics to medicine to markets and investing, and rooting for the Clemson Tigers.