Marc Warren

Marc joined Ackman-Ziff in 2012 and is a Principal in the firm. Marc is an experienced real estate investor and financier with over 30 years’ experience in the commercial real estate business. At Ackman-Ziff, Marc is responsible for originating and executing debt, equity and investment sales transactions as well as leading the Single Family Residential (SFR) lender finance and loan sale advisory practices.

Marc held senior roles leading the origination, structuring, and securitizing of over $30 billion in commercial loans at CSFB (1995-2000) and at UBS (2000-2005) and prior to that was a real estate investment banker at CSFB (1992-1995) and a senior lender/investor at Heller Financial (1985-1992). In 2005, Marc joined Black Creek Capital and opened its New York office and co-founded an $800 million (equity raised) private REIT as its President. Marc established Linear Realty Capital in 2007, an investor and advisor in various US commercial real estate properties and loans and a partner in a venture that owned a large interest in a public company operating the world’s largest energy exchange.

Marc graduated from the Real Estate and Urban Land Economics program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also studied Art/Architectural History at Wisconsin as an undergraduate. He has taught real estate/finance classes at Columbia University, NYU, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and several other business schools. Marc remains extremely active in a variety of professional and non-profit groups.