Ryan Morfin

Ryan is a partner at Maroon Capital Group (MCG) a New York based merchant banking firm. He covers the real estate and defense sectors for MCG and also handles advisory matters for clients. His clients are based in multiple developed, frontier and growth markets such as the US, UAE, Serbia, Afghanistan, and South Sudan to name a few. He has worked on several large real estate restructurings and is focused on distressed development projects in Europe.

MCG focuses its business around four macro trends which will shape the 21st century:

-Increasing Global Connectivity Between People and Markets

-Emerging Middle Class Consumer Dynamics

-Formation of New Supply Lines and the Extraction of Natural Resources to Growth Economies

-Disruptive Technological Innovation that Drives Productivity Gains

These macro dynamics lead to outperformance and strong growth globally. MCG seeks out companies who are executing successfully on these trends and looks to advise and invest in them. These transformative trends are:

Before co-founding MCG, Ryan worked at Countrywide Merchant Banking in connection with the firm's expansion into Commercial Real Estate investing. Prior to that, Ryan began his career at Morgan Stanley in the CMBS and CRE CDO group and later in the Real Estate Merchant Banking division.

Ryan is involved with multiple political organizations in the US and abroad. He supports and works with non-profits that focus on three issues: national security, economic growth and a globally competitive human capital strategy (education/immigration).

Ryan attended the University of Chicago and received a BA in Physics and Economics.

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