William Ward, MBA
Partner & Managing Director
Real Estate
Wil oversees the firm’s real estate investing initiatives across various direct and fund investments. He is responsible for sourcing and leading the diligence efforts of deals for TwinFocus’ real estate portfolio as well as on an ad-hoc basis on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Prior to joining TwinFocus, Wil was a Managing Director at Kimberlite Advisors where he was involved in a range of real estate advisory and capital-raising transactions with developers, owners, and operators of real estate assets across multiple sectors. Wil began his real estate investing career with the real estate principal investing business of Lazard Alternative Investments where he worked at both the fund management level and with portfolio operating companies for eight years. Before joining Lazard, he was an Associate in GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group, in the Global Energy portfolio management area.
After earning his undergraduate degree from Boston University, Wil was an officer in the United States Army where he served both domestically and internationally, achieving the rank of Captain. He left to continue his education at Columbia Business School, where he earned his MBA studying finance and real estate.
Get to know William.
What unique personal skills make you great at your role at TwinFocus?
While sometimes I would prefer to just sit in my office with my phone unplugged, I seem to have a great ability to talk to anyone!
If you were not working at TwinFocus and you knew you couldn’t fail at whatever you did, what would you do?
I’d have to be a professional ice hockey goalie—just ask my 13-year-old daughter! I seem to know everything about the position, except how to ice skate.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
I’m into golf, dad joke writing, and watching my kids’ sporting events.
What personal accomplishments are you most proud of?
Outside of accomplishments related to my family, I’m most proud of having served in the United States Army.