Dr. Reza Zahedi

Dr. Reza Zahedi is an international entrepreneur, dealmaker, and systems thinker who has spent more than two decades building businesses across continents and closing cross-border transactions where the outcomes were measured in millions and the relationships lasted decades.

He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering, a discipline that shaped a distinctive approach to business, not as a contest to be won, but as a structure to be designed. That mindset runs through everything he builds.

His first book, Self-Made Maverick, became a USA Today bestseller and a number one Amazon bestseller. His work and commentary have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, USA Today, the International Business Times, and Gulf News, among others.

The Leverage Game is his second book, and his most ambitious. It is the negotiation system behind the deals, the frameworks, tools, and principles he has applied across cultures, industries, and markets over a career built entirely at the table.