Eugene Gorab
President and CEO
South Norwalk (06854) United States (Connecticut)
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
A graduate of Bucknell University and the University of Chicago, Eugene Gorab launched two of the private equity real estate industry’s most successful companies. In 1991, Mr. Gorab partnered with three other real estate investment leaders to form Starwood Capital Group, LLC. Over the next six years, Eugene Gorab helped build the company into one of the industry’s leading private equity firms and successfully completed more than $2 billion of investments that included the purchase of distressed mortgages held by the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). In addition to holding executive positions with several of Starwood’s groups and committees, Mr. Gorab served as a Trustee for the Starwood Financial Trust, an organization that later became the publicly traded iStar Financial, Inc.
Currently, Eugene Gorab serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenfield Partners, LLC, a company he founded in 1997. In addition to its Connecticut headquarters, the firm maintains offices in Chicago and Reston, Virginia. With aggregate capital commitments from both private and institutional investors totaling $4 billion, Greenfield Partners has emerged as one of the leading private equity real estate firms in the nation. In his executive role with the company, Mr. Gorab manages all investment and strategic operations, including overseeing the nine discretionary investment funds the firm has sponsored over the past 15 years.
Outside of the office, Eugene Gorab participates in several prominent real estate organizations, including the Real Estate Institute, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He also serves as a Trustee for Bucknell University.
Currently, Eugene Gorab serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenfield Partners, LLC, a company he founded in 1997. In addition to its Connecticut headquarters, the firm maintains offices in Chicago and Reston, Virginia. With aggregate capital commitments from both private and institutional investors totaling $4 billion, Greenfield Partners has emerged as one of the leading private equity real estate firms in the nation. In his executive role with the company, Mr. Gorab manages all investment and strategic operations, including overseeing the nine discretionary investment funds the firm has sponsored over the past 15 years.
Outside of the office, Eugene Gorab participates in several prominent real estate organizations, including the Real Estate Institute, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He also serves as a Trustee for Bucknell University.
Gorab is a Trustee of Bucknell University, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1985. As an undergraduate, he served as President of the local chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Committed to professional growth, Eugene Gorab belongs to a number of trade organizations, including the Urban Land Institute, the Real Estate Roundtable, and the Pension Real Estate Association.
Received MBA form the University of Chicago, widely regarded as one of the top 5 Graduate Business Schools in the world
Project Engineer
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
January 1985
to January 1987
South Norwalk
United States - Connecticut
- Responsible for the overall development of three Liquid Nitrogen/Liquid Oxygen-producing facilities in California, Ohio, and Toronto
JMB Realty Corporation
JMB Realty Corporation
January 1989
to January 1991
South Norwalk
United States - Connecticut
- Prior to launching Starwood, Eugene Gorab worked for the Chicago-based JMB Realty Corporation as an Acquisitions Officer. In that role, Gorab oversaw JMB Apartment Funds I and II while managing a range of additional investments and acquisitions. Before entering business school, Gorab spent two years at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., as a Project Engineer, developing liquid nitrogen and oxygen production facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
Founding Partner and Managing Director
Starwood Capital Group, LLC
January 1991
to January 1997
South Norwalk
United States - Connecticut
- In the early 1990s, Gorab co-founded Starwood Capital Group, LLC, a real estate equity firm, where he spent six years in the role of Managing Director. During his tenure at Starwood, Eugene Gorab completed over $2 billion in investments, specializing in troubled mortgage acquisitions. In addition, he headed the firm's development and land divisions, directed asset management, and served Starwood Financial Trust as a member of its Board of Trustees.
President & CEO
Greenfield Partners
Since January 1997
South Norwalk
United States - Connecticut
- Currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Greenfield Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the real estate market, Gorab has devoted over 20 years to the private equity real estate industry. He founded Greenfield Partners, based in South Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1997. Since then, he has grown the company from a small investment firm into a field leader with more than $7 billion worth of investments and over 50 employees nationwide.
