Starwood Hires Managing Director and Head of Hotel Acquisitions for the Americas
Starwood Capital Group, a private investment firm focused on real estate and energy investments, has hired managing director and head of hotel acquisitions for the Americas.
Starwood Capital Group, a private investment firm focused on real estate and energy investments, reported that Steve Goldman has rejoined the firm as managing director and head of hotel acquisitions for the Americas.
In his new role, Goldman will work with Cody Bradshaw, managing director and global head of hotel asset management, to lead the sourcing, underwriting and acquisition of hotel and leisure investments in the U.S. and “drive performance” post-acquisition.
“Steve and I have worked together for almost three decades in different roles and I’m delighted to welcome Steve back to Starwood Capital,” said Barry Sternlicht, chairman and chief executive officer. “Steve first worked with me before the creation of Starwood Hotels in 1994, and then led our development efforts at Starwood Hotels for nearly a decade before moving to other key roles in and out of our company…”
Goldman has more than 35 years of hospitality experience, including hotel acquisitions, development, finance, operations and sales. Prior to rejoining Starwood Capital, he held CEO roles at FelCor Lodging Trust, including through the integration of its merger with RLJ Lodging Trust, and Sunstone Hotel Investors.
He previously served as president of SH Group (now called SH Hotels & Resorts), Sternlicht’s hotel brand management company, and as CEO of Societe du Louvre, a Paris-based hotel business that was owned by an affiliate of Starwood Capital at the time. Earlier in his career, he held senior acquisitions and asset management roles for Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corp., and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.
Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a core focus on global real estate, energy infrastructure and oil and gas. Since its inception in 1991, Starwood Capital Group has raised more than $65 billion of capital, and currently has $110 billion of assets under management. In addition to a number of private opportunity funds, Starwood manages Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, a non-traded REIT, and Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), a publicly traded commercial mortgage REIT.
