BAY AREA • PORTLAND • SEATTLE
Copyright 2013-2021 Open Door Group. A Public Benefit Corporation
OpenDoor Holdings is our real estate investment and development platform.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Greg Manuel, HoldCo CEO
Leads the company, sets vision, and oversees capital raising
- Built and scaled venture backed companies and investment platforms
- Part of executive team that took Amyris public (NASDAQ:AMRS)
- Served as Special Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State for Alternative Energy
- Sourced and/or invested $1.6B of capital
- Stanford BA, Harvard MBA
Ben Provan, Co-Founder + COO
Leads operations and technology development
- Co-founded OpenDoor with the vision of bringing modern, community living to the mainstream
- Product Designer at Bose Corporation
- ME Cornell, Presidio MBA
Jay Standish, Co-Founder + CPO
Leads product design, culture, and brand
- Co-founded OpenDoor with the vision of developing a platform for sustainable living
- Co-founder of Impact Hub, Seattle
- Led Communication Design at Solutions IQ (Acquired by Accenture, 2017)
- Presidio MBA
Mike Sanford, CIO, Global Head of Real Estate
Leads real estate investment and expansion
- 25+ years experience in commercial real estate
- Recently served as CEO for CFLD (US) & EVP at Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC)
- Over $8B of RE investment & 8M sf of development
- UC Berkeley BA, Haas School of Business MBA
Graham Zink, President, Asia
Leads Asia business development and operations
- 20 years experience in Global real estate markets; 16+ in Asia
- Served as Global Head of BD & Investment for CFLD & Managing Director of Knight Frank (Shanghai)
- Over 400 transactions across Asia Pacific & 2.5M sf of development
- Honors, International Relations, UWO
- Masters Corporate Real Estate
ADVISORS
Sir David Adjaye
Advises on architectural design, aesthetics, and topology
- Named the world’s most influential architect by Time Magazine in 2017
- Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of England
- Designed the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo and the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, DC, among other landmark developments
- Founder and principal architect of Adjaye Associates
Chris Larsen
Investor & Serial Entrepreneur
- Co-Founder and Chairman of crypto-currency platform Ripple Labs
- Co-Founder and CEO of Prosper Market Place
- Co-founder and CEO of online mortgage lender E-Loans
- MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Kevin Colket
Investor / Advisor on resident service and life-style experience offerings
- Over 20 years of experience in hospitality, life-style, and brand creation
- Recently served as Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group, leading the firm’s investments in Asia Pacific, and was also co-head of the Global Hotel Acquisitions Group based in London
- Closed more than $4 billion of equity and debt transactions
- Trinity College BA, Harvard MBA
Fred Laluyaux
Investor & Serial Entrepreneur
- President and Chief Executive Officer at Aera Technology, Inc.
- Chief Executive Officer and President at Anaplan, Inc.
- Former SVP at SAP Business Objects
- Vice President of Sales and Services at ALG Software of Armstrong Laing Group
- BA in Business Administration from IMIP MBAI
Parag Khanna
Advisor on global economic and political trends and cultural preferences
- Leading global strategy advisor and best-selling author
- Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm
- Named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,”
- Featured in WIRED’s “Smart List
- Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
- Georgetown University, BA and Masters, London School of Economics, PHD