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Evan Gentry

Founder and CEO

Evan serves as the founder and CEO of G8 Capital and as managing director of G8 Holdings’ portfolio investments. In his career, Evan has overseen the origination, acquisition and/or management of more than $5 billion of commercial and residential real estate loans. Evan has successfully led G8 Capital in the acquisition and work out of more than 50 real estate portfolio or large asset acquisitions. These assets have included nearly 3 million in commercial real estate square feet and more than 5,000 multi-family and single-family units. He has led G8 Capital in complex real estate investments across diverse markets nationwide. Across all its 50 real estate funds, G8 Capital has averaged greater than 25% annualized return for investors. G8 Holdings’ active portfolio investments include Sold.com, Big Air Trampoline Parks, SkillStruck, TechForce Advisors, Sweater Ventures and Billd.

Prior to founding G8 Capital in 2007, Evan co-founded MoneyLine Lending Services in 1996 and served as its president and CEO through mid-2007. MoneyLine specializes in providing outsourced mortgage lending services for regional and national banks and financial institutions. These services include loan origination, processing, underwriting, delivery to secondary markets, and post-closing/interim servicing functions. Evan also served as CEO and chairman of First Premier Escrow, a MoneyLine subsidiary. Evan oversaw the dramatic growth of the business, which eventually included 50 bank clients nationwide, and was responsible for raising multiple rounds of private and institutional equity capital and debt financing. In 2002, MoneyLine was featured in Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 500,” a report that ranks America’s fastest growing private companies. In 2006, Evan led the negotiations and subsequent sale of the company to Genpact, a spin-off of GE Capital. Following the sale, Evan continued to serve as one of Genpact’s senior executives through its successful IPO (Symbol “G”) on the NYSE, which was recognized by analysts as the fourth largest IPO of the summer of 2007 with a $3 billion market cap. In addition to being a licensed real estate broker with the California Department of Real Estate since 1997, Evan has held mortgage and/or real estate broker licenses in more than 20 states. Evan graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business management and finance from Brigham Young University.