Pearlmark
Stephen Quazzo is the Co-Founder and CEO of PEARLMARK, where oversight is provided for a 20-person investment and asset management team since 1996. Prior to this, Stephen served as President of Equity Institutional Investors, Inc. at Equity Group Investments from 1991 to 1996, focusing on equity capital raising and portfolio management related to real estate investments. Stephen's career began at Goldman Sachs, where a Vice President role was held in the Real Estate Department of the Investment Banking Division from 1986 to 1991. Stephen earned an MBA from Harvard Business School between 1984 and 1986 and received an A.B. in Government, graduating Cum Laude from Harvard University from 1978 to 1982.
Pearlmark
Pearlmark's expertise stretches across the various property types in both national and local markets. We are dedicated to creating value at the investment level, with a specific focus on the core and value-add areas of the risk-return spectrum. We offer access to high-quality real estate through a variety of strategies and deal structures, and work closely with our institutional and high net worth investors to define objectives and deliver attractive performance results. To ensure alignment of interest throughout the process, our professionals invest personally alongside many of our investors. Since 1996, Pearlmark has sponsored more than a dozen real estate equity and debt investment programs and completed over 544 real estate equity and debt transactions on behalf of investors, representing over $5.0 billion in equity capital commitments and more than $13.4 billion in gross investment value.