In episode 34 of the Success Series podcast, we welcome the multifaceted Shareef Malnik. Shareef is an attorney, investor, financier, and philanthropist with over 30 years of experience in the hospitality sector, notably as one of the nation's top restaurateurs. He helmed the award-winning steakhouse The Forge, now managed by strategic partner and international hospitality impresario David Grutman of Groot Hospitality, with Malnik continuing as a partner.

As Chairman and co-managing partner of Greyhawk Capital LLC, Shareef provides funding to small and mid-sized companies across the country, finding great reward in seeing these businesses thrive and grow.

His philanthropic contributions are vast, holding prestigious titles such as Chairman Emeritus of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Chairman of the InterContinental Make-A-Wish Ball, and C ...