Laudan Nabizadeh Fariborz

Laudan is Director, Real Estate Investments at Stanford Management Company (SMC).  In this capacity, she manages a portfolio of global real estate holdings comprised of mandates with third party public and private fund/co-investment managers, direct investments with operating partners, and Stanford properties occupied by third party tenants on endowed Stanford lands.  Prior to her current role, Laudan was responsible for the management and oversight of investment manager selection, allocation decisions and analytics related to SMC Real Estate and Natural Resource portfolios.



Previously, Laudan was a Vice President at JP Morgan.  Laudan graduated with honors from Stanford University with an AB in Economics and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  She currently serves on advisory boards of several domestic and international real estate investment fund managers and the PREA New Programs Committee.



Established in 1991 by the University’s Board of Trustees, SMC is charged with investing and managing Stanford’s endowment and trust assets, expendable funds, and commercial real estate assets to meet the University founders’ vision in perpetuity. The portfolio is designed to optimize long-term returns, create consistent annual payouts to the University’s operating budget and preserve purchasing power for future generations of Stanford faculty and students.  As of June 2010, the portfolio is valued at $15.9 billion with a long term policy target to real estate of 16%. The Stanford endowment is the third largest university endowment in the US.