Bradford Korzen

Brad Korzen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Kor Group, a privately held real estate investment and hospitality firm that acquires, designs, develops, and manages distinct real estate projects in major U.S. markets. Mr. Korzen is also CEO and Co-Founder of Proper Hospitality, a leading hospitality firm that designs, brands, and operates high-end lifestyle hospitality experiences under its Proper, Avalon, and Hotel June brands. For the past 25 years, Mr. Korzen has successfully structured investments with an asset value over $3 billion. Kor has invested in approximately 12,000+ multi-family/condo units, 25 hotels, and 15 million square feet of mixed-use, residential, hotel, commercial office, and retail space. The firm currently manages over $1 billion in assets on behalf of its high net worth and institutional partners. The Kor Group and its affiliates encompass over 1,050 employees with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin. From 2000 to 2012, Mr. Korzen was CEO of Viceroy Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, a company he founded in 2000 and successfully sold in 2012. During his tenure, he built Viceroy Hotels from a single hotel into a global brand and one of the leading lifestyle design-centric hotel companies in the world, employing more than 4,500 people with 16 properties in six countries. In 2014, Mr. Korzen co-founded Proper Hospitality, his new hotel management company, recently named “Hotelier of the year 2020” by Hospitality Design. The firm currently manages 11 luxury lifestyle hotels, resorts and residences in California and Texas. Mr. Korzen is a Chicago native and received his B.A. from the University of Illinois. He later earned a Juris Doctorate from University of Miami School of Law.