Forreast was created on the basis of decades of combined experience across asset management, wealth management, consulting, strategic management, analytics, and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Serik Shakarim — who serves as Founder & CEO. It is a US limited liability company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Serik has personally managed investment funds of different sizes — portfolios ranging from $80 million to $3.2 billion in assets under management — and has extensive experience of direct work with decision makers: political figures, UHNWIs, and business owners across all six continents. He was, in effect, the systems architect, the analyst, the builder of systems, and the crisis manager — engaged in all types of activities, in all types of companies, on all six continents.
The intelligence framework at the core of Forreast is the product of that experience. Serik defined the problem — the structural handicap of modern decision-making — through years of operating inside it. The team, which brings extensive experience from Fortune 500 companies, helped finalize the product and turn the framework into a working system.
We are deliberately small. We serve a narrow, demanding audience. We do not optimize for headcount, logo count, or revenue growth at the expense of judgment. We optimize for the quality of the intelligence we deliver — and for the long-term sovereign relationships that quality produces.