Quintin E. Primo III
Capri Capital Partners
Quintin E. Primo serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capri Capital Partners, LLC, a real estate investment management firm advising pension fund and other institutional investors.
Mr. Primo has been recognized in the real estate industry for his innovation in developing new markets. He cofounded Capri in 1992 during the depths of the US credit crisis and successfully capitalized on the financing void left by retreating banks, insurance companies and thrift institutions. Under his leadership in 1998, Capri launched one of the industry’s first real estate mezzanine investment funds and in the following decade became an early investor in America’s underserved urban markets. Recently, Mr. Primo formed Capri Global Capital, Ltd. and has initiated real estate investments in Africa, the Middle East and India. In these and other investment programs, his goal has been to achieve the highest riskadjusted returns for the firm’s institutional clients.
Mr. Primo’s vision for the real estate industry has also included an unprecedented commitment to diversity and social responsibility. He conceived, co-founded and is currently chairman of the Real Estate Executive Council, the industry’s leading organization for minority real estate professionals. He created the Emerging Leaders program for young minority professionals under the Capri Foundation. He has also served on the boards of the Real Estate Roundtable and the Pension Real Estate Association as well as co-chaired the Preservation Compact for affordable housing, a groundbreaking program jointly funded by the Urban Land Institute and MacArthur Foundation.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Primo has been active in civic and other nonprofit initiatives. He is a Founder and currently Board Chairman of the Primo Center for Women and Children, a transitional center and family institute for the homeless, is Chairman of the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness and is a board member of both the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Board. He also is a board member of the Church Pension Group, the pension fund of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Primo received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with honors and high distinction from Indiana University. He has been featured in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, The New York Times and Bloomberg Business Week and is a business contributor to CNBC cable news network, where he appears frequently. In addition to public company board experience, he has written or co-authored numerous articles and industry white papers and is often recognized for his professional, civic and philanthropic contributions.
Mr. Primo and his family reside in the Chicago area.
