Ron has been focused on major macro trends since the mid-1990’s when he began investing in early stage Internet companies.
In 1999, Ron moved to Tokyo to concentrate on the opportunity provided by the Asian Financial Crisis. He established the Japan office for Colony Capital, a Los Angeles based private equity group which has invested over US$39 billion. As President of Colony Japan, Ron oversaw the acquisition, management and disposition of corporate, non-performing loan and property transactions. While at Colony, Ron represented the firm on the board of Aozora Bank Ltd, a nationalized bank Colony acquired in a consortium with Softbank.
In 2004, Ron foresaw the makings of a credit bubble and until late 2006 led an investment in and turnaround of the largest mortgage default communications company in North America, The Walz Group. Since acquisition, The Walz Group has experienced significant growth and was listed at #45 on the Inc. 5000 (2008).
In anticipation of the largest emerging macro opportunity, the twin crises in energy and the environment, Ron co-founded Asia Cleantech Capital in late 2006. Based in Singapore, Asia Cleantech is focused on investment in clean forms of transportation and power for the Asia Pacific.
Ron graduated with honors from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
