Robert Powell Jr.

Robert Powell Jr. General Information

Biography

Mr. Robert Powell is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Nassau Capital. Bob Powell has more than 30 years of experience in the development and finance of real estate. Prior to founding the firm in 1996, he served as President and CEO of DKM Properties Corp., one of the largest real estate development organizations in New Jersey, with a portfolio of approximately 6 million square feet. While at DKM, Mr. Powell directed the development, financing, and leasing of office parks, retail shopping centers, and master-planned industrial parks throughout the Northeast. Mr. Powell was instrumental in raising approximately $500 million in debt and equity capital for the firm's real estate portfolio. Mr. Powell continues to be actively involved as an investor and developer of real estate projects in the New York-New Jersey markets. Prior to joining DKM in 1984, Mr. Powell served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the public real estate investment bank for the State of New Jersey. Under his leadership, the EDA completed several billion dollars in incentive financing for businesses and industries throughout the state. Mr. Powell has an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. degree in economics and public policy from The Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.