About Suneet Singal
About Suneet Singal
Suneet Singal is a well-established entrepreneur and senior financial architect from California with substantial experience in New York. His knowledge is used in various industries, including consumer retail, finance, low-carbon real estate, disruptive technology, green energy, and renewables. Over the last two decades, entrepreneurs have owned and run several highly profitable firms.
Outside of work, he is passionate about several charitable projects and has a variety of hobbies and interests. Among her passions are music, sports, travel, cuisine, and wine. The happily married father of four is a frequent blood donor and business mentor, a little league baseball and flag football coach, and an active community member.
Current Role & Duties
Singal is the chairman of the board of a prestigious privately held former real estate investment company that has transformed into a general holding company and consultancy firm. The senior finance architect has been in this position for almost five years. The New York-based firm provides liquidity access to one of the world's largest but least liquid asset classes. The company works in the public real estate sector.
Suneet Singal's staff and the respected chairman assist clients in locating assets and prospective partners prepared to deal in exchange for equity. They have a track record of accomplishment, having completed around $1 billion in real estate acquisitions. The chairman of the board and his team's duties include:
Investing in stabilized assets to preserve dividends.
Identifying and acquiring underperforming and distressed assets.
Creating opportunities to secure significant future value.
Developing land via a vertically integrated platform.
Maximizing value creation for shareholders and investors.
Evolving undeveloped land into valuable real estate.
Unlocking and monetizing value in assets via public markets.
Singal was the firm's CEO for over four years before becoming board chairman.
Career History
Singal formerly served as the chairman of a successful equity real estate investment trust. He has also previously served as CEO of a Nasdaq-listed real estate operating firm and as acting CEO of a well-known business development organization.
In addition, the California-based entrepreneur and senior finance architect have held several additional C-level positions. In addition, he serves on the boards of several public and private companies. He has also worked independently, effectively developing and selling private enterprises and other assets in various sectors.
Academic History
Suneet Singal was born and raised in Santa Clara, California. He attended Sacramento's famous Jesuit High School, studied industrial engineering at California Polytechnic State University, and earned a finance degree from California State University, Sacramento.
The famed Golden State school, often known as Sac State, is a higher education institution that celebrates variety and fosters lifetime success for its graduates. Singal earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in finance with an emphasis on investments from Sac State.
He was heavily involved in various student societies and activities while attending California State University, Sacramento. The Cultural Club at the university was one of these activities and societies. Singal organized "A Taste of the World," which featured many different cultural organizations encouraging diversity through activities such as historic food, dance, music, and art at Cal Poly and Sac St. These events were highly valued and established traditions that would last for many years. The Cultural Club invites Sac State students to experience the world through the eyes of international students and others from various countries.
Professional Experience & Skills
Suneet Singal manages highly complex sophisticated transactions and brings a broad skill set and a wide range of solutions, including but not limited to financial structuring, direct investment, equity and debt placement, acquisition, disposition, finance and structure negotiations, entity structure foreign and domestic, board and management formation and selection, advisory committee formation and selection, litigation management, partner buyouts, capital market exits foreign and domestic, and entity structure foreign and domestic. He spent much of his previous job developing real estate master plans. Commercial real estate, land entitlement, primary sponsorship, and transportation-oriented development were covered.
His current concentration is on a mix of real estate and non-real estate assets and commercial endeavors, including those centered on green energy, notably renewable energy. His clients include family offices and other large asset portfolio holders. Singal counsels these clients on capital structures, including complex domestic and international transactions.
Highlights from his career thus far include: Turning a $250,000 asset into $175 million in less than four years, Establishing three separate publicly traded companies in under three years, The creation of multiple companies with several hundred employees each, Turning around distressed situations, and generating positive shareholder growth, Further creation of hundreds of additional new jobs, Numerous high-profile asset success stories.
He oversaw a $350 million real estate deal in 2019. The agreement also included a $100 million stock payout to stockholders. His colleagues highly value his abilities in new business growth, land acquisition, real estate development, and economics.
Association Memberships
Suneet Singal has previously served on the boards of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the American Association of Private Lenders, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts is a professional organization established in Washington, D.C.
It represents persons involved in managing equity and mortgage real estate investment trusts. Along with real estate investment trusts traded on major stock exchanges, there are also public non-listed, and private trusts.
Meanwhile, the American Association of Private Lenders is the leading industry membership group in the United States. Its headquarters are in Dawsonville, Georgia, and it services those in the private real estate loan sector. It is the defining organization in the United States for creating standards on behalf of private lenders and associated industry professionals.
Charitable Involvement
Singal is an ardent supporter of charities, nonprofit organizations, and other worthy causes. Blood donation, disaster assistance, humanitarian aid, economic empowerment, and human rights are just a few of the worthy causes.
Suneet Singal has previously volunteered as a children's flag football and baseball coach and continues to assist local youth. Previously, the established entrepreneur and senior finance architect coached for three seasons each.
He continues to donate blood regularly and encourages others to do the same. Every day in the United States, blood donors assist patients from all walks of life. These patients range from car accident victims to cancer patients undergoing heart surgery and organ transplants.
Personal Interests
Singal, born in the United States, is of East Indian origin. In Santa Clara, California, he was reared by his parents. He now divides his time between California and New York. Singal's interests and hobbies outside work include piano, boxing, dining out, international travel, professional sports, weightlifting, and wine tasting.
Furthermore, he is determined to raise his family alongside his wife. Singal is the proud father of four children and the husband of his high school sweetheart. He and his family live in El Dorado Hills, California, in the historic Sierra Nevada mountain range, known for its rolling hills and harsh environment.