Richard Wood

Richard brings over 30 years financial and real estate experience as a founder and principal of GKI Ventures LLC, along with Ken Nagid. His focus is identifying distressed opportunities, analyzing and valuing these opportunities and assisting in planning how the investment may perform under various scenarios. He also develops new relationships with potential investment partners and helps maintain the existing relationships with these investors. Richard often maintains the relationship with borrowers in order to expedite the resolution.

Richard also works the day to day with the properties, leasing, sales, tenant management and negotiations and improvements. He feels it´s important to maintain a presence in the properties and this knowledge helps better evaluate new opportunities.

Richard has held numerous positions, including consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers, as Chief Financial Officer for the Miami Beach Development Corporation and as Chief Financial Officer and for Majestic Properties.

Richard received a BS in Finance from Indiana University and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. He also maintains a Florida real estate license.