Basil Demeroutis

After graduating with a BSc in Mechanical and Aerospace engineering from Cornell University in 1991, Basil spent the first half of his career in banking where he financed aircraft, satellites, ships and other cash flowing assets, including real estate.  Basil moved to the buy-side in 2002, and over the last 13 years he has been working exclusively with private investors on their real estate strategies.  First as a partner at Jargonnant Partners, a Munich-based real estate fund where he shared responsibility for acquiring, managing and successfully exiting a €400 million European property portfolio.  And then after calling the market and disposing of their investments in 2007, Basil moved in house with one of his capital partners, Capricorn Investment Group, a family office with over $5 billion in total assets.  His experience as a partner there proved extremely influential in shaping Basil’s investment approach as well as his views on how social drivers can be used as tools to unlock value in real estate.