Impact Investing Could Be $5.2 Trillion Market In Ten Years: Steinbridge CEO
Tawan Davis is a Founding Partner and CEO of the Steinbridge Group. He is also recognized as one of America’s emerging business, economic, and social leaders. In this role, Mr. Davis leads the company by combining his deep training and experience in finance and economics with a prolific social activism. He is also a member of the investment and management committees. Davis’ leadership combines deep training and experience in finance and economics with a prolific social activism. He began his career as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs and was later a real estate private equity investor with Prudential Financial, leading and managing investments both in Europe and the United States. Davis later served as Vice President and Head of Public-Private Partnerships in the administration of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as CIO of a $5 billion national real estate development firm. In addition to leading Steinbridge, Davis is also an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at New York University (NYU), and serves on the boards of Harlem Hospital, the New York Urban League and the New Horizons Children’s Advocacy Group. Forbes Senior Writer Jabari Young interviews Tawan Davis, CEO of The Steinbridge Group, about the future of impact investing and the role of real estate in that market. 0:00 Introduction 0:41 The Impact Of Earl Graves On African-American Investors 1:30 The Steinbridge Pledge, What Does That Look Like? 4:08 What Is Impact Investing And How Will It Help Communities? 6:28 The Virginia Union Investment 8:44 Commitment To Rent Stabilization 12:16 Davis’ Background 15:11 The Why Of Davis’ Work 17:39 The Origins Of Steinbridge 20:09 Economic Factors In Real Estate And Ownership 22:03 Investing Is Partnership