Episode 80 Nadim Malik, Sutton Place Strategies

Nadim Malik drops by, and brings the receipts with him. Nadim is founder of Sutton Place Strategies, the preeminent provider of deal origination and business development data to private equity and M&A firms. The episode begins with Nadim’s recollections of early encounters with the MMM hosts, including contemporaneous notes on a 2011 meeting with a characteristically friendly but non-committal Charlie. After jumping back to Nadim’s origin story (emigre parents from Pakistan, childhood in New York ) and early career, Sutton Place Strategies gets its due. Nadim founded SPS in 2009, developed it into a key industry resource and then sold the business twice – first to Bain & Co. in 2020 and then to With Intelligence in late 2024. Discussion concludes with Nadim’s exit following the second sale – and thoughts to date on his much-anticipated next act.