Lara Zakaria

Lara Zakaria is a Private Equity Analyst at Ardian, specializing in secondaries and primaries since July 2024. Previously, Lara served as an Investment Analyst at Tiger Capital Management, which is renowned as Princeton’s oldest premier run investment fund from September 2020 to June 2024. Additional experience includes a Summer Analyst position in Real Estate Private Equity (Acquisitions) at Blackstone in the summer of 2023, a Summer Intern role at Adage Capital Management in July 2022, and participation as a Summer Intensive Scholar with Girls Who Invest in June 2022. Lara Zakaria holds an A.B. in Public and International Affairs with a focus on Trade and Financial Policy from Princeton University (2020 - 2024) and an International Baccalaureate Diploma from North London Collegiate School (2013 - 2020). Additionally, Lara participated in the Yale Young Global Scholars program in 2019.