Douglas M. Weill is a founder and Co‐Managing Partner of Hodes Weill & Associates. Mr. Weill is responsible for the origination of new business, project management of client mandates, and oversight of the operations of the firm. He is also a member of the firm’s Operating Committee and sits on the Investment Committee for Tunbridge Partners, an affiliate focused on investing in asset and fund management businesses. Mr. Weill has approximately 30 years of experience in the real estate industry as a consultant, advisor, and investment banker, specializing since 2000 on the real estate investment and fund management industry. He has advised on institutional private placements for over 100 real estate private equity funds, raising in excess of $35 billion of capital.
Previously, Mr. Weill was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, based in New York, having joined Credit Suisse First Boston in November 2000 when the firm merged with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). Mr. Weill co-founded Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Private Fund Group (REPFG) in 2000 at DLJ. From 2000 through February 2009, he co‐led the business, with the responsibility for the strategic oversight and management of REPFG. Mr. Weill joined DLJ in 1997 from Paine Webber Incorporated, where he was a Vice President in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group. Prior to this, he was with Kidder, Peabody & Co., which Paine Webber acquired in 1995. Prior to joining Kidder Peabody, Mr. Weill was with Kenneth Leventhal & Co., where he was a Senior Real Estate Consultant specializing in portfolio valuations, business and strategic planning, workouts, and bankruptcies. Prior to Kenneth Leventhal & Co., he was an associate at Hospitality Valuation Services, where he focused on hotel valuations and feasibility studies. Mr. Weill received a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Cornell University’s Baker Program in Real Estate.