Rashaun Williams - Shark Tank

 new season of Shark Tank. ..season 17 premier Wed Sept 24th on ABC



Rashaun Williams is founder and chief investment officer of Harbinger Sports Partners, and Guest Shark on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” He is also a limited partner with the Atlanta Falcons and has over 170 investments under his belt with over 50 exits.

Williams is the founder of his family office, Value Investment Group, and was a general partner in the MVP All-Star Fund. He co-founded venture capital fund Queensbridge Venture Partners, where he was an early investor in companies like Robinhood, Coinbase, Casper, Ring, PillPack, Lyft, and Dropbox. In May 2025, he launched Harbinger Sports Partners (HSP)—a $750 million private equity fund to invest in U.S. professional sports teams — alongside Mark Cuban and Steve Cannon.

An expert in illiquid secondaries, he started his career at Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, Wachovia Securities, and Deutsche Bank doing over-the-counter fixed income. That inspired his journey into illiquid secondaries in venture capital and now pro sports teams.

In 2007, he founded Dixsville Partners, a private equity fund investing in infrastructure development and mineral companies in West Africa.

With a passion for financial literacy and entrepreneurship, Williams founded the Kemet Institute in 2001, a nonprofit focused on providing free financial literacy, entrepreneurship and life skills classes to underserved communities and schools.

He graduated summa cum laude from Morehouse College and is currently on the board of directors for The Atlanta Opera, and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.