Day in the life of: Ryan Williams

From the March issue:  Ryan Williams is the 29-year-old CEO of real estate finance startup Cadre, which he founded with Josh and Jared Kushner in late 2014. The 45-person company, which connects institutional investors with real estate deals that it sources, has raised $68 million in corporate funding and closed nearly $1 billion in transactions to date, according to Williams.

He grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and graduated from Harvard University in 2010. As a student, he raised capital to buy foreclosed single-family homes in Atlanta. He then worked in tech banking at Goldman Sachs and handled investments at Blackstone Group before forming Cadre. In January, former Vornado Realty Trust CEO Michael Fascitelli took over Cadre’s investment committee. That same month, The Real Deal reported that George Soros has been quietly backing Cadre with a $250 million credit line. [more]