Guggenheim Investments has appointed Thomas Christopoul to lead its $10.9B real estate portfolio.
Guggenheim Investments’ office at 330 Madison Ave. in New York City
As managing director and global head of real estate, Christopoul will oversee the firm’s equity holdings and debt platform, which has originated over $18B of commercial real estate investments in more than 600 transactions since 2010, according to an announcement by the company.
Guggenheim invests on behalf of institutions such as insurance companies, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds as well as wealth managers and high net worth investors. Its assets under management total $357B.
Christopoul is rejoining the firm after serving as global head of real estate and infrastructure in 2013. Despite his short tenure at the company, he has maintained a close relationship with Guggenheim in the years that followed.
That includes at Cain Hoy Enterprises, now known as Cain International, which Christopoul joined after leaving Guggenheim in 2014. The firm, which has $13.8B in AUM today, was founded by a group of Guggenheim executives, including Todd Boehly and Jonathan Goldstein, who received a minority investment from their former employer upon launch.
Christopoul also co-founded Iviron Capital Partners, an investment firm with $4.5B in transactions across more than 20 projects. On its website, the company states that it is “financed by our partners, high net worth family offices, and primarily clients of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, with whom we have a more than 10-year exclusive relationship.”
Additionally, Christopoul is a founding partner of Athos Capital Partners and 54 Madison Partners.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tom back to Guggenheim,” Guggenheim Chief Investment Officer Anne Walsh said in a statement. “His leadership and deep expertise in real estate will be instrumental as we continue to expand our real assets platform and deliver value to our clients.”
