JOHN BRUNO
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
John Bruno is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of OlivePoint Capital, where he serves on the firm's Investment Committee and oversees the firm's real estate acquisitions, and asset management. Prior to co-founding OlivePoint, John spent 14 years at CIM Group, where he held the position of Partner and was a member of the Investment Committee. During his tenure at CIM Group, John was responsible for setting strategy and managing the company's real estate equity investment and asset management business across North and South America, which was a multi-strategy portfolio of approximately $20 billion in AUM and 60 professionals, making it the company's largest investment vertical. His expertise covers a range of asset classes, including residential, office, retail, industrial, hospitality, and studio, as well as risk profiles such as core, value-add, opportunistic, and development.
John began his career in investment banking at Banc of America Securities after earning degrees in Political Science and Finance from Southern Methodist University. He also holds an MBA from the University of California - Berkeley Haas School of Business.