Michael has 17 years of private equity and venture experience. Michael cut his teeth in the private equity world serving as an analyst for Zenith Capital - focusing on buy-side M&A transactions. Within a year, Michael had found a deep level of comfort within the firm and was team lead on deals. Michael having a deep passion for real estate and design leveraged his analytical and buy-side experience to earn an executive role at Weintraub Real Estate Group, and later, RAD Ventures - two premier Southern California real estate private equity firms, where Michael personally lead and managed all aspects of over $2.2 Bn worth of development projects creating tremendous value for his firms and their L.P.s Michael is also a 2-time venture funded entrepreneur - launching businesses in both real estate debt and equity (including publicly filing a REIT) markets - scaling businesses to 100s of employees, and working with international investors.