Partner & Head of Real Estate for Global Private Markets Solutions
Ken is our Partner and Head of Real Estate for Global Private Markets Solutions. He has over 30 years of professional experience in the real estate and capital markets and, since 2024, has been responsible for the real estate expansion strategy in the United States for Patria Investimentos. He was a founding partner of VBI Real Estate, where he acted as a member of the investment committee and head of the private equity segment for over 18 years. Prior to co-founding VBI Real Estate, Ken co-founded Vision Brazil and was responsible for establishing the real estate private equity practice At Vision Brazil, Ken was responsible for investment origination, transaction structuring, and portfolio management for investment funds with a total AUM of approximately US$ 2 billion. Ken’s professional experience has included 18 years of investment management, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and corporate finance work based in New York and São Paulo. Previously, Ken worked at Violy Byorum Partners, Bear Stearns Co Inc and Hellmold Associates, Inc. Ken has lived in São Paulo, Brazil for more than 20 years and is fluent in Portuguese. Ken received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
