Alexander Buriak

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About Alexander Buriak

Alex Buriak is the founder of Iron Rock Capital, a strategic capital firm specializing in M&A acquisitions, and AI integration. He is also the Senior Vice President at Jet Lending, where he has originated and funded over 630 private loans, driving scalable real estate growth across the U.S. A licensed Critical Care Paramedic turned capital allocator, Alex’s career spans emergency medicine, private lending, operational scaling, and buy-side M&A. His edge: high-stakes decision making forged in the field, now deployed in the boardroom. Named an Emerging Leader by the University of Pittsburgh, Alex helped build the university’s Physician Assistant program as an undergraduate — an early signal of his systems-building DNA. He later earned his Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine from the National University of Health Sciences, where he served as Student Body President and received the Joseph Janse Outstanding Graduate Award, the highest leadership distinction. Alex is a featured contributor to Private Lender Magazine, a listed mentor in the AAPL Book of Mentors, and the creator of “Ask Alex Anything”, a weekly real estate capital Q&A with a national investor audience. He is also a certified fund manager and trained negotiator through the Black Swan Group. He is a partner in five AI ventures, and a buy-side leader within JT Foxx’s M7A Group, where he executes founder-friendly acquisitions using 100% EBITDA strategies and second-bite deal structures. Whether deploying capital, acquiring businesses, or advising founders, Alex Buriak’s mission is simple: Eliminate inefficiency. Scale with precision. Build fortresses, not fads.