Prior to joining AREP John was a Senior Associate at The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) where he was responsible for managing a team of professionals in support of a $2 billion diversified real estate portfolio. Before he joined The Carlyle Group, John was an Associate with Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Private Equity practice where he managed a 3.6 million SF diversified real estate portfolio and negotiated and closed more than $900 million in disposition transactions. John got his start in real estate at Ernst & Young as a consultant in EY’s Real Estate Consulting and Advisory service line.
John holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Miami (FL) and Master of Science degree in Taxation with a Finance concentration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He is actively involved as a member of the Urban Land Institute and serves as a leader for a local Boy Scouts of America troop.