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David Shamszad

Executive · Entrepreneur

United States
Bipolar disorderSelf-disclosed [1]

David Shamszad is an American executive and entrepreneur who founded and leads SG Real Estate, a real-estate investment and management company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has also become a public speaker and advocate on mental health and addiction. [2][3][5]

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Career and work

Shamszad founded SG Real Estate in 2011 and serves as its CEO. The Berkeley-based company works across residential and commercial property management, brokerage, acquisitions and real-estate investment. [2][3]

Under Shamszad’s leadership, SG Real Estate expanded from a small office into a group of real-estate businesses serving multiple parts of the Bay Area market. [4]

What has been publicly discussed

“Be vulnerable, real, and raw.”

— David Shamszad [1]