Ruben Amar

Cofounder & Co-CEO

Ruben is the co-founder and co-CEO of Forum Brands, leading its Mergers & Acquisitions team.

Ruben began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse in London, and then joined TA Associates, a US-based growth private equity firm investing out of a $9bn fund globally, as an investor in Consumer and Tech. While at TA, Ruben was actively involved in driving buy-and-build strategies of some of TA’s portfolio companies which resulted in more than 20 executed acquisitions, expansion into more than 10 countries, and significant value creation for shareholders. Ruben was also on the board of 7 different companies interacting closely with founders and CEOs.

Ruben holds a master’s in engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
He is on a mission to identify and build the next generation of world-class consumer brands through technology and strategic deal making.