Shankh Mitra

Shankh Mitra is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Welltower Inc.® and leads the Company’s investments, structuring, development, predictive analytics, and asset management efforts.

Mr. Mitra is primarily responsible for capital allocation decisions at Welltower, and brings over a decade of experience in investments, finance and real estate to the Company. He joined Welltower in 2016 as Senior Vice President, Finance, and served as Senior Vice President, Investments, Executive Vice President, Vice Chairman, and Chief Operating Officer before assuming his current role.

Prior to joining Welltower, Mr. Mitra served as Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Securities at Millennium Management, where he managed an accomplished team of investment professionals responsible for bottom-up underwriting of commercial real estate companies and portfolios, security selection, quantitative portfolio, and risk management. He was a Senior Analyst at Citadel Investment Group and Fidelity Investments and began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he served several global clients.

Mr. Mitra earned an MBA in Applied Value Investing with Dean’s List honors from Columbia Business School (“CBS”) and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Jadavpur University. He is a frequent speaker on investment topics and a regular contributor to leadership, health care, value investing, real estate, career, and alumni affairs at Columbia. He currently serves on the board of trustees of ProMedica Health System as well as ProMedica Senior Care (formerly HCR ManorCare).