About Nael Kassar
Nael Karim Kassar is CEO and co-founder of KCK Group, a private investment firm, and has served on Crusoe's board since 2019. He also sits on the boards of companies including Aerin Medical, Cerapedics and Yield Engineering Systems.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Nael Kassar in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
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KCK Group Current
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Crusoe Inc.
Director
2022 – 2026 · Denver, CO
Crusoe secures power, builds and runs AI data centers, and rents GPU cloud computing to AI labs and large companies.
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Yield Engineering Systems (YES)
Board member
SD
Saras Micro Devices
Board member
DU
Dukosi
Board member
BF
Beyond Finance
Board member
AL
Above Lending
Board member
DU
Dubizzle
Board member
CE
Cerapedics
Board member
Education
- Bachelor's, Pure Mathematics, Imperial College London
- Master of Advanced Study, Mathematics, University of Cambridge
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Nael Kassar works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
Crusoe Inc. · Form D, Sep 17, 2026
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Chase Lochmiller
Executive officer and director
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Michael Gordon
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
VP
Vivek Pattipati
Director
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Thomas Seifert
Director
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JB Straubel
Director
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Bill Stein
Director
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Enrique Salem
Director
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Cully Cavness
Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer, director
Aerin Medical Inc. · Form D, Dec 30, 2024
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Gregory Garfield
Director
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Derrick Sung
Executive officer
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Matthew Brokaw
Executive officer and director
DT
David Thrower
Director
MS
Matthew Salkeld
Executive officer
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Irina Ridley
Chief Legal Officer
Kevin Reilly
Director
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Andre Cheng
Executive officer
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Karen Long
Director
WF
William Facteau
Director
RD
Ryan Drant
Director
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Scott Wolf
Executive officer
Earlens Corp · Form D, Apr 25, 2022
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William Facteau
Executive officer and director
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David Hardie
Director
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Thomas Prescott
Director
GG
Greg Garfield
Director
HP
Hank Plain
Director
RD
Rodney Perkins, M.D.
Director
RefleXion Medical, Inc. · Form D, Apr 19, 2016
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William Burkoth
Director
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Greg Garfield
Director
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Fred Moll
Director
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Akshay Nanduri
Executive officer and director
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Samuel Mazin
President and director
CC
Colin Cahill
Director
JW
Jay Watkins
Director
AP
Antoine Papiernik
Director
Sources
- SECCrusoe Inc. Form D, filed Sep 17, 2026
- SECAerin Medical Inc. Form D, filed Dec 30, 2024
- SECEarlens Corp Form D, filed Apr 25, 2022
- SECRefleXion Medical, Inc. Form D, filed Apr 19, 2016
- Officialcrusoe.ai, new board members (Kassar as Head of KCK Ltd)
- OfficialAerin Medical press release on PR Newswire (Kassar joins its board, Mar 22, 2016)