Franco Famularo

Franco joined Ohana in 2015 and serves as Chief Investment Officer. He is responsible for directing Ohana's credit and equity investment strategies and helping to set the strategic direction for the organization. Since joining the firm, Franco has been instrumental in the creation of Ohana's fund and separate account businesses and in establishing Ohana as a leading investor and lender in the hotel sector. Prior to joining Ohana, Franco was a Principal at Blackstone in New York, where he focused on opportunistic and distressed investing across multiple property types and served as an advisor to Starrett Companies, a residential and commercial real estate investment platform that was a Blackstone portfolio company. Franco currently serves on the Board of Directors for Montage International. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.