Sonny Kalsi

Sonny Kalsi is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at GreenOak Real Estate. Sonny has overall responsibility for GreenOak's US business. He is a member of the global executive team and sits on all investment committees. Sonny was previously the Global Co-Head of Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Investing business and President of the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds until his departure in 2009. At its peak, MSREI platform had approximately $100 billion of assets under management in 33 countries, with more than 1,000 full time professionals. Prior to managing MSREI globally, Sonny was based in Asia where, beginning in late 1997 and through his tenure into 2006, Sonny and his team led the formation of Morgan Stanley's property business in Asia and built the leading real estate platform in the region. This platform included operations in Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, with more than $40 billion of assets under management. Sonny also has lived and worked in Los Angeles, London and Sydney/Melbourne. Sonny has served on the boards of a number of the MSREI portfolio companies and has been cited in several publications for his profile in the real estate industry, including Private Equity Real Estate magazine as one of the "30 Most Influential" people in private equity real estate globally. Sonny is a graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in Business Administration and is a member of the Board of Regents of Georgetown University. He is a Trustee of the Asia Society, Trustee of the Spence School, Board member of the Jorge Posada Foundation and a member of the Young Presidents Organization. Sonny is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the Master's of Real Estate Program.