About the author

Jack Cohen

<p>Jack Cohen is an iconoclast executive and mentor capitalist who invests intellectual and economic capital to help individuals and corporations accelerate growth. A respected management and finance professional with more than forty-three years' experience in commercial real estate, Jack worked at, and eventually led, Cohen Financial for thirty-five years, participating in a team of exceptional executives who grew the platform from producing $200 million of origination and servicing to a high–water mark of $6 billion in origination and $35 billion in servicing. He also participated in the recapitalization of the firm six times between 1998 and 2013.</p><p>He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont Men's College (today known as Claremont McKenna College) and a bachelor of science in civil engineering and a master's degree in construction management from Stanford University.</p><p>Jack founded Darkknight Ventures, LLC, to lend guidance to C-suite leadership, entrepreneurs, and young professionals seeking to develop superior skills, advance careers, create and manage high-performance teams, grow revenue, arrange capital formation, and facilitate corporate recapitalization, scaling, and organization strategy.</p><p>His contributions to the industry have been recognized with several honors and awards including the CREFC (Commercial Real Estate Finance Council) Founder's Award in recognition of lifetime contributions to the commercial real estate securitization industry.</p><p>Jack has several professional affiliations, including association president of Chartered Realty Investor and Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Board of Governors, and the big board at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Additionally, Jack is active with the Young Presidents' Organization. He's also a popular roundtable host, forum moderator, and guest speaker.</p><p>Personally, Jack maintains an Airline Transport Pilot license and two Single Pilot type ratings for flying light jets. A fan of the iconoclast Batman and James Bond characters, Jack is also a second-degree black belt in Tomiki-style Aikido, a NAUI-certified scuba diver, an active CrossFitter, and loves rock climbing.</p><p>He is based in Aspen, Colorado, where he lives with his wife, Nancy. Jack has three sons and a daughter.</p>