TIGER 21 Phoenix-Scottsdale

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  Steve Schmitz

  Steve Schmitz

  TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale

  Steve Schmitz, Chair of Scottsdale 02, boasts over 30 years as an entrepreneur and CEO specializing in capital investment. Following the 2008 housing crash, he co-founded American Residential Properties, defying norms as a contrarian investor. Starting small, the firm burgeoned, raising over $1.4 billion in equity and debt, transforming into a public REIT (NYSE:ARPI), managing nearly 10,000 homes in twelve states before its 2016 acquisition by American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH). Schmitz now leads America’s Specialty Finance Company, offering short-term bridge financing to real estate entrepreneurs. Previously, his fifteen-year tenure in the chain restaurant industry culminated as Chief Investment Officer of Franchise Finance Corporation of America (NYSE:FFA), later sold to GE Capital. Schmitz, embracing personal growth, values laughter’s therapeutic effect. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Franklin University, an MBA from Pennsylvania State University, and authored "Whatever-it-Takes: How we went from the Back Patio to the NYSE in Five Years."
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  Troy Rice

  Troy Rice

  TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale

  Troy Rice is a TIGER 21 Chair of Scottsdale 01, 03 and 04 and is a Master Chair for Vistage International. He has been an executive and/or founder of over 20 start-ups or early-stage ventures, as well as an investor in over 20 more. Beyond early-stage companies, Rice has been an executive of several mid-cap companies including Petsmart, Comfort Systems USA, TransUnion, Universal Technical Institute, Trammell Crow, and CIBT. Currently, Rice serves on the Boards of CIBT Education Group (Symbol: MBAIF), Statistics and Data Corporation, Strategic Solar Energy, HR Pivot, Fusebox, and Cooper Companies. His academic background includes a BS in Accounting from the University of Iowa and an MBA from Arizona State University. Rice is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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Steve Schmitz
TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale
Steve Schmitz
TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale
Steve Schmitz, Chair of Scottsdale 02, boasts over 30 years as an entrepreneur and CEO specializing in capital investment. Following the 2008 housing crash, he co-founded American Residential Properties, defying norms as a contrarian investor. Starting small, the firm burgeoned, raising over $1.4 billion in equity and debt, transforming into a public REIT (NYSE:ARPI), managing nearly 10,000 homes in twelve states before its 2016 acquisition by American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH). Schmitz now leads America’s Specialty Finance Company, offering short-term bridge financing to real estate entrepreneurs. Previously, his fifteen-year tenure in the chain restaurant industry culminated as Chief Investment Officer of Franchise Finance Corporation of America (NYSE:FFA), later sold to GE Capital. Schmitz, embracing personal growth, values laughter’s therapeutic effect. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Franklin University, an MBA from Pennsylvania State University, and authored "Whatever-it-Takes: How we went from the Back Patio to the NYSE in Five Years."

Troy Rice
TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale
Troy Rice
TIGER 21 Chair, Scottsdale
Troy Rice is a TIGER 21 Chair of Scottsdale 01, 03 and 04 and is a Master Chair for Vistage International. He has been an executive and/or founder of over 20 start-ups or early-stage ventures, as well as an investor in over 20 more. Beyond early-stage companies, Rice has been an executive of several mid-cap companies including Petsmart, Comfort Systems USA, TransUnion, Universal Technical Institute, Trammell Crow, and CIBT. Currently, Rice serves on the Boards of CIBT Education Group (Symbol: MBAIF), Statistics and Data Corporation, Strategic Solar Energy, HR Pivot, Fusebox, and Cooper Companies. His academic background includes a BS in Accounting from the University of Iowa and an MBA from Arizona State University. Rice is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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