Biography

Arani has been a Senior Leader at LionTree since April 2023. Arani brings extensive financial expertise with his background, which combines public and private company governance experience and hands-on operating leadership in media, consumer, and technology industries. His long record as an investor, strategist, and board member provides a broad perspective on financial oversight, capital allocation, organizational leadership, and business transformation.

He served as an operating partner at &Vest Capital from February 2022 to August 2023 and was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Vice Media Group from November 2019 to December 2021. From 1992 to 2018, he worked at Fidelity Investments as a research analyst and portfolio manager, where he managed several major funds, including the Fidelity Puritan Fund.

Arani has served as a director of Brunello Cucinelli since May 2020, as a director of LiveOne and PodCastOne since January 2019 and July 2023, respectively, and also currently serves as a director for private company Metropolis. In the past, he has been a director of Fast Acquisition Corp. and Fast Acquisition Corp. II from 2020 to 2023 and Sakara Life from September 2019 to August 2021. He has also held board roles at several private companies including Legendary Pictures, Vice, Moda Operandi, Rent the Runway, Goop, Rumble Fitness, and Emotion Network. He has served on the boards for nonprofit organizations including The College Foundation of the University of Virginia, The Nichols School, Tufts University’s Institute for Global Leadership, Opportunity Network, Devereux Cleo Wallace, and Danny & Ron’s Rescue.

Arani is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.