Nicholas Hecker

Biography: Nicholas Hecker is a Senior Principal and Chief Investment Officer of Oz Real Estate (OZRE), where he is involved in all aspects of OZRE’s business, including acquisitions, asset management and fundraising. Throughout his tenure at OZRE, Mr. Hecker has worked on complex equity and debt investments, completing investments across nine different real estate asset classes. Mr. Hecker focuses on both traditional real estate sectors, and certain niche asset classes, including developing OZRE’s gaming, resort and cell towers strategies. Prior to joining OZRE in 2006, Mr. Hecker was a member of the Real Estate Group of the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Hecker practiced corporate and securities law at Sullivan & Cromwell. Mr. Hecker graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School where he received a J.D. and graduated phi beta kappa and magna cum laude from Brown University where he received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.