Shlomi Ronen

Biography: Shlomi Ronen is a managing principal and founder of Dekel Capital where he is focused on the raising equity and debt for investors and developers acquiring both performing and non-performing assets. Prior to founding Dekel Capital he was a founding partner of Lucent Capital and opened and co-headed the Los Angeles office for the Carlton Group, a New York based real estate investment banking firm, and was a Senior Vice President at Los Angeles based George Smith Partners, where he active in raising joint venture equity on behalf of institutional clients and executing both performing and non-performing note sales on behalf of financial institutions. He has worked in real estate for nearly 15 years and has spent the last nine years working in a real estate capital advisory role. In the past four years he has placed more than $2 billion in equity, mezzanine, and debt financing for investors and developers throughout the United States. Mr. Ronen earned his MBA with a concentration in Real Estate Finance at the University of Southern California. Mr. Ronen is an adjunct professor at USC teaching a graduate level course on Real Estate Capital Markets in the Master's of Real Estate Program. A frequent guest presenter at industry conferences, he is also an active participant in numerous professional and charitable organizations including the Urban Land Institute, ICSC, USC Lusk Center and currently serves as a Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation's Real Estate Cabinet. In October 2010, Mr. Ronen was named by Real Estate Forum magazine to its 40 Under 40 list.