Jared S. Smith
Principal
Mr. Smith is a co-founder of Pennbridge Capital and one of the firm's principals. Prior to starting Pennbridge Capital, Mr. Smith worked for various investment groups focusing on real estate acquisitions and development. While at Starwood Capital Group, a real estate opportunity fund based in Greenwich, CT, he participated in the underwriting of over one billion dollars of multi-tenant properties across asset classes.
While working for Brighton Corporation and Hawkins-Smith Management, Mr. Smith developed retail shopping centers, focusing predominantly on the procurement and entitlement of land for future Walgreens' pharmacy stores and other retailers. Mr. Smith has worked for other notable firms such as Salomon Smith Barney's Real Estate Investment Banking Group in New York City, where he participated in corporate debt and equity issuances, and Grosvenor International Limited in Washington D.C., concentrating on the development of office parks in the mid-Atlantic region.
Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude, and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.