Jay Roberts

Prior to Prosper Group, Jay worked in real estate investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York, specializing in institutional real estate mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and capital markets transactions.
Jay’s deal team led the MGM Growth Properties $8 billion carveout and $1.2 billion IPO, which was the largest real estate IPO of 2016. Jay’s team also led Paramount Group’s $2.6 billion IPO, which is the largest REIT IPO in U.S. history. At Bank of America, Jay led financings for Avalon Bay, Extended Stay America, MGM Resorts, Digital Realty Trust, and Education Realty Trust.
Jay earned his MBA in finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and his BA in economics from University of California Santa Barbara.