Pranav Bhakta

Pranav is responsible for overseeing new development & acquisition efforts and joint venture partnerships at Bhakta Capital by building a deep project pipeline through his relationship­-driven network in markets nationwide. His track record includes negotiating over $3 billion of hospitality transactions including asset acquisitions and dispositions, restructurings, debt and equity financings, and new development projects (ground up and conversion). Pranav’s expertise includes performing diligence and developing comprehensive financial analyses for a large variety of hospitality projects in an international context. Pranav’s family office, Nillians Investments LLC and RamRan Holdings LLC, is a vertically integrated hotel development company (in-­house GC) and investment vehicle. Currently, they are developing 5 hotels in Texas: Element (Marriott), Even (IHG), Holiday Inn Express (IHG), Cambria Suites (Choice), and Hampton Inn & Suites (Hilton). Pranav has been involved with the family business since he was 13 years old. Pranav was previously responsible for the market entry of various hospitality companies into India, including the Trump Organization and Vantage Hospitality, and has also helped consult numerous successful hospitality startups worldwide with market caps in excess of $10 billion. He has deep seeded relationships with virtually all the major and regional hotel brands and brings his relationships and industry expertise to help build the Bhakta Capital portfolio. While in India, he also set up hospitality verticals for various prominent family offices in India, Singapore, and Africa. In his mid-20s, as Vice President with Molinaro Koger, he had the opportunity to work on the firm's expansion to India, advising on site and brand selection, as well as project feasibility and market studies. Prior to his role at Molinaro Koger, Pranav was team leader for a disposition of a 892 ­room hotel portfolio with Sperry Van Ness. Pranav received his Bachelor of Arts and Science in Urban Sociology and City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters in Hospitality Administration (MBA) from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. He has also completed courses for CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Manager), and NYU Real Estate School courses in Private Equity Structuring in Real Estate Acquisitions and Development.