Michael Beschloss Wife Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss and Family Photos

Michael Beschloss wife Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is the CEO of RockCreek. Michael and Afsaneh share two kids Alexander and Cyrus Beschloss together.

Beschloss is an American historian specializing in presidential history, he has nine books on the US presidency under his belt. The historian also contributes to several news publications including PBS NewsHour, NBC News, and The New York Times, among others.

Michael also works with the National Archives Foundation and the White House Historical Association as a trustee, he is a board member of the National Museum of American History, and he was also an advisor of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

The 67-year-old historian was born on November 30, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Eaglebrook School for his school education before joining Williams College for his bachelor of arts degree. He graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

As a famous historian of the US presidency, he maintains a large collection of historic pictures and news on his Twitter account. His account @BeschlossDC has over 838k followers and was voted Best Twitter Feeds of 2013 by Time Magazine.

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Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss Is An American Economist

Michael Beschloss wife Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is an Iranian American economist and entrepernuer. Afsaneh is the founder as well as CEO of RockCreek.

Afsaneh founded her global investment firm RockCreek in 2003 and her company has amassed assets worth $15 billion in the two decades of operation.

She attended the University of Kent for her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and later graduated from the University of Oxford with M.Phill with Honors in Economics.

The woman started her career in the financial sector in 1979 as Financial Analyst for J.P Morgan company where she worked for two years. Afsaneh then joined The World Bank in 1981 as a young professional. 

Mrs. Beschloss worked for the World Bank for two decades, she held several positions including Economist for the advisory board, head of Energy Sector Management, Director of Investment, Chief Investment Officer, and several others.

Afsaneh joined The Carlyle Group as a Managing Director and Partner after quitting her job at the World Bank in 2001, she stayed with the organization for two years until eventually establishing her own company RockCreek in 2003.

Since founding her company, Afsaneh currently holds positions in several institutions on their board. She worked as a Board Of Trustees member at Institute for Advanced Study, Chair of the Board at PBS Foundation, and Member of the Board Of Directors at Georgetown University, among many others, according to her LinkedIn profile. 

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The Pair Has Two Children

Michael Beschloss children with Afsaneh Beschloss are the two sons Alexander and Cyrus Beschloss.

Alexander is two years older than his sibling Cyrus. Alexander is a medical doctor and Cyrus is a journalist. 

Dr. Alexander Beschloss

Alexander Beschloss is a medical doctor. The elder of two siblings, Alexander is 29 years old and was born in 1994.

He attended his father’s alma mater Williams College to earn his bachelor of science degree in General Biology between 2012 and 2016. 

Alexander then enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2017 to get his MD degree, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also has an MBA degree in health and healthcare management from The Wharton School which he earned between 2020 and 2022.

He took his profession side-by-side with his education, he started as a research volunteer for Bromberg Lab at Rockefeller University in May 2010. He worked as an Undergraduate Researcher for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for two years between May 2011 and August 2013.

Alexander has also worked with several reputed institutions including Stanford University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Pennsylvania Health System among others. 

He currently works as a resident doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, he has held the position since June 2022. Alexander is found on Twitter with his username @AmBeschloss. 

Cyrus Beschloss

Cyrus Beschloss is the youngest of Michael’s two sons. He was born in 1996 and he is 27 years old as of 2023.

Cyrus also attended his father’s and elder brother’s alma mater Williams College for his Bachelor’s degree in history, leadership studies, and statistics.

At Williams college, he was also a college baseball player. Cyrus graduated from Stanford University with a Master’s Degree in Journalism in 2020. 

Cyrus founded Generation Lab in 2016 to better understand and define youth research. He currently works as a founder and CEO of the company according to his LinkedIn profile. He was also named Forbes’s 30 under 30 in media in 2020, according to his Forbes profile.

However, before establishing his company, Cyrus worked in various industries gaining valuable experience. He was a crew chief and counselor at Homerun Baseball Camp, an intern at President Lincoln’s Cottage, and a researcher at Axios.

He is found on Twitter with his username @cyrusbeschloss and his bio reads, “youth data guy.”

Michael And Afsaneh Come From Two Different Parts Of The World

Michael was born and raised in the United States of America while Afsaneh immigrated from Iran in the 1980s.

Historian Michael moved to Washington DC while pursuing his career as a presidential historian. The economist on the other hand migrated to Washington DC with her family after fleeing Iran amid the war.

Michael Beschloss family has now called Washington DC their home for the past several decades, according to Michael’s PBS biography. 

According to MixedArticle, the last name Beschloss is Jewish originating from Germany. However, he has never spoken about his religion publicly.

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