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