Moez Kassam

Early life

Moez Kassam attended Bayview Glen School in 1994, where he developed an interest in finance after his class placed in the top three schools in the TD Stock Portfolio Challenge for Ontario.

Kassam attended the University of Western Ontario, graduating with a BA in 2002. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in finance from the London Business School, a constituent college of the University of London.

Education

Moez Kassam attended Bayview Glen School in 1994, where he developed an interest in finance after his class placed in the top three schools in the TD Stock Portfolio Challenge for Ontario.

Kassam went on to attend the University of Western Ontario. He graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 2010, he earned his Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in finance from the London Business School, a constituent college of the University of London and a Doctorate in Law from Toronto Metropolitan University.

Career

Kassam worked for Trafalgar Asset Managers in the UK, where he learned how to operate a New York-style hedge fund. In 2007, he launched Anson Funds in Toronto with $2 billion USD and a focus on short strategies.

Today, Kassam is the Chief Investment Officer of Anson Funds’ total assets under management, which is estimated at about $2 billion. The firm has three investment strategies: classic shorts, value longs and opportunistic investments. They have headquarters in both Toronto, Ontario and Dallas, Texas.

In June 2020, Kassam became a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Olympic Committee Foundation. In 2024, Kassam championed Canadian Olympians through the “Great to Gold” initiative, providing $1 million in funding to 52 athletes who faced financial barriers to achieving their Olympic goals in Paris. Thanks to this support, 10 of Canada’s 27 medals in the Paris Summer 2024 Olympics were won by athletes who were supported by this initiative.

Kassam is a Board Member of the Young Presidents Organization, a global network of business leaders. He previously served as Education Officer for the YPO’s Maple Leaf Chapter as Education Officer. He has served on the boards of the Toronto Public Library Foundation, the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Technology Innovation Circle, and the Immigrant Access Fund.

Kassam and his wife Marissa founded the Moez & Marissa Kassam Equity Fund, one of the most impactful philanthropic organizations in Ontario. The Fund invests in initiatives that are designed to build bridges to a more equitable future. Its focus areas are food security, healthcare research and advancement, affordable housing, education, and inclusive sports programs. Recent investments include a $15 million pledge to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to support pediatric research and innovation; a $5 million pledge to Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU, formerly Ryerson)’s new School of Medicine, including an equity-focused scholarship program; a matching gift of $100,000 to the Fred Victory charity in Toronto for its 2024 Homeless for the Holidays campaign; a $300,000 donation to bring APPLE Schools to Ontario, a program focused on developing healthy eating habits in school children; and a partnership with the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS), featuring a thriving student nutrition program.

Kassam is a long-time supporter of the Humour Me charity stand-up event, offering executives a chance to be trained by professional comedians and deliver a set to an audience of their peers. Kassam won the 2023 grand prize and broke a nine-year-old record for fundraising.

Kassam was recognized in 2023 and 2024 by Toronto Life Magazine as one of the city’s most influential people.

In June 2025, Kassam will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Toronto Metropolitan University.

Kassam has been a contributor to the culinary organization Diner en Blanc, where he held the position of Chief Food Officer and served as a judge for Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants.

He and his wife Marissa have four children.

Net Worth

Moez’s compensation from Anson Funds is unknown, but his firm manages more than $2 billion in assets.