"Co-Founder & Managing Partner, K1 Investment Management Hasan Askari is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at K1, one of the largest buyout firms focused on the most innovative AI-powered enterprise software companies globally. Hasan helps lead the firm’s brand promise of building category-leading businesses by transforming the lives of employees working within the K1 ecosystem and the industries in which K1 invests. He is a member of YPO and was previously a member of the University of Southern California’s Board of Governors. He was named to the 2025 LA Business Journal LA500 and GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors for his contributions to firm building and software investing."