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Brendan Wallace

CEO, CIO, Co-Founder at Fifth Wall

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Overview

Brendan Wallace is CEO, CIO, and Co-Founder of Fifth Wall [1][3]. Wallace has founded four companies, raised $3.8 billion, with two sold and two profitable [2]. At Fifth Wall, Wallace has led the firm to nine IPOs, 20 exits, and over 170 portfolio companies in proptech, including Opendoor, Procore, Blend, Hippo, and Bilt [2]. The firm is backed by 115 major real estate owner-operators including CBRE, Hilton, Hines, Marriott, Public Storage, Lowe's, Related, and Starwood [2]. Previously, Wallace co-founded and served as CEO of Identified, which was acquired by Workday [4], and was a founding investor and team member at Cabify [5]. Wallace worked in private equity and real estate at The Blackstone Group from 2006 to 2009 [6] and in investment banking real estate at Goldman Sachs from 2003 to 2006 [7]. Wallace holds a B.A. in Political Science from Princeton University [8] and an MBA in Business from Stanford University [9].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I’ve spent my career building and backing companies before the market becomes obvious. Started 4 companies. Raised $3.8B. 2 sold. 2 profitable. Currently incubating. Founder, CEO & CIO of Fifth Wall, the largest investment firm focused on tech for the built environment: 9 IPOs, 20 exits, and 170+ portfolio companies, including: Category-defining PropTech leaders such as Opendoor, Procore, Blend, Hippo, and Bilt. Backed by 115 of the world’s largest real estate owner-operators, including: CBRE, Hilton, Hines, Marriott, Public Storage, Lowe’s, Related, and Starwood. Previously co-foun…

Career history

  1. CEO, CIO, Co-FounderAug 2017 to presentFifth Wall
  2. CEO, Co-Founder2010 to 2014Identified (Acquired by Workday)
  3. Founding Investor & Founding Team2011 to 2012Cabify
  4. Private Equity - Real Estate2006 to 2009The Blackstone Group
  5. Investment Banking - Real Estate2003 to 2006Goldman Sachs

Education

  1. B.A. in Political Science2004Princeton University
  2. MBA, Business2010Stanford University

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