Ali Hedayat started his career with Goldman Sachs in 1997 as an analyst on the power and utilities section. He has held various positions in the Principal Strategies division culminating by being appointed co-head of the unit in 2007. He left in 2010 to become the co-founder of Edoma capital, a 2 billion USD hedge fund as well as co-founder of the Markor fund in 2013. He currently is the founder and MD of Maryana capital and sits on the board of Restaurants Brand International.