Shlomi Ronen

Biography: Shlomi Ronen is the managing principal and founder of Dekel Capital where he oversees the Company’s investment, lending and investment banking platforms. He has worked in commercial real estate for over 25 years and has spent the majority of his career working in a commercial real estate investment and finance role. Throughout his career he has invested or sourced more than $5 billion in equity, mezzanine, and debt financing for investors and developers throughout the United States. 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 was 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. 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 SSDC Member, USC Lusk Center Board Member, ICSC, and the Los Angeles Jewish Federation’s Real Estate Cabinet.