Edward Forst Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Board Member

  • Primary Industry
  • B2C

  • Active Board Seats
  • 2

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Edward Forst General Information

Biography

Edward C. Forst. Mr. Forst has served as a member of the Board since November 2018. Mr. Forst was a Board member and Chairman of the Board of Leo Holdings III Corp from January 2021 to November 2021. Mr. Forst has served as Chairman, Partner, and member of the Investment Committee at Lion Capital, a private equity firm, since January 2020. Mr. Forst has served as Chairman of Leo Holdings Corp II since September 2020. Mr. Forst previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield, leading the commercial real estate firm across more than 60 countries. Mr. Forst was also a Management Committee Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he served as the Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and before that as the Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President of the firm. Mr. Forst also served as the Chairman of Goldman's Global Debt Underwriting Committee for seven years. Mr. Forst was also the Executive Vice President and Principal Operating Officer of Harvard University during the financial crisis, as well as Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Troubled asset Relief Program (TARP). From November 2017 to August 2018, Mr. Forst served as CEO and Co-CEO (starting in May 2018) of Realty Shares Inc. Realty Shares Inc., filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection of July 31, 2020, more than 18 months after Mr. Forst ceased to be the CEO of the company. Mr. Forst sits on the Boards of The Feinstein Institute of Northwell Health and the Yale School of Management. Mr. Forst has also served on the Board of the Harvard Management Company, as Treasurer of Carnegie Hall, and as the Chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Mr. Forst serves as Treasurer and Trustee for the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation and Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee for the School of Holy Child. Mr. Forst earned his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his A.B. in Economics from Harvard University.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Board Member, Local Bounti
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Harvard University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Phone
+1 (212)
Address
  • 490 Foley Lane
  • Hamilton, MT 59840
  • United States
+1 (800)

Edward Forst Board Seats (2)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Local Bounti Horticulture Publicly Held Corporation Hamilton, MT
Zeitview Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Santa Monica, CA

Edward Forst Lead Partner on Deals (1)

Edward Forst has been the lead partner on 1 deal. Their latest deal was with Massey Knakal Realty Services, a real estate services (b2c) company. The deal was made for on 08-Jan-2015.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Massey Knakal Realty Services 08-Jan-2015 Buyout/LBO Completed Real Estate Services (B2C) New York, NY

Edward Forst Network (24)

Board Members (20)

Name Company Representing Location From
James Cocker Lion Capital Self London, United Kingdom
Ronald Frankel JD Zeitview Self Santa Monica, CA
Leo Holdings III Self Nassau, Bahamas
Leo Holdings III Self Nassau, Bahamas
Zeitview Zeitview Santa Monica, CA

Portfolio Executives (4)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Neil Heilberg Massey Knakal Realty Services Chief Operating Officer & Partner 08-Jan-2015 New York, NY
Michael Wlody Massey Knakal Realty Services Chief Financial Officer & Partner 08-Jan-2015 New York, NY
Massey Knakal Realty Services Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder 08-Jan-2015 New York, NY
Massey Knakal Realty Services Chief Marketing Officer 08-Jan-2015 New York, NY

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    Edward Forst holds 2 board seats including Local Bounti and Zeitview.

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