Starwood Capital Group

Starwood Capital Group (“Starwood Capital”), a global private investment firm with a primary focus on real estate, today announced that Andrew J. Sossen will rejoin the firm in September as a Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Andrew will be a member of Starwood Capital’s executive committee and oversee the day-to-day operations of the firm, reporting to Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital’s Chairman and CEO.

“I am delighted to welcome Andrew back to the Starwood family in this important role,” said Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital. “Andrew is a known executive who, after 14 years with us in a similar role in Starwood Property Trust, now moves to fill this role in its parent, Starwood Capital Group. Andrew can hit the ground running. He knows our team, our culture, and our desire to excel in all our endeavors.” 

Since his departure in 2023, Mr. Sossen worked for a vertically integrated private equity firm focused on U.S.-based commercial real estate private credit strategies. 

Prior to that, Mr. Sossen spent close to 14 years at Starwood Capital, including serving as Starwood Property Trust’s (NYSE: STWD) Chief Operating Officer since July 2011 and its General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Executive Vice President since January 2010. Prior to joining Starwood Capital, Mr. Sossen served as the General Counsel of KKR & Co.’s asset management business and KKR Financial Holdings LLC, a publicly traded specialty finance company, where he was a member of senior management and involved in the policy and strategic decision-making, as well as day-to-day operations of the businesses. Mr. Sossen previously served as a trustee of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, a publicly traded REIT that is a predecessor company of Invitation Homes (“SWAY”). Mr. Sossen’s career began at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s corporate department, specializing in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sossen received both a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

About Starwood Capital Group

Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a core focus on global real estate. The Firm and its affiliates maintain 16 offices in seven countries around the world, and currently have 5,000+ employees. Since its inception in 1991, Starwood Capital Group has raised over $80 billion of capital, and currently has ~$115 billion of assets under management. Through a series of comingled opportunity funds and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (SREIT), a non-listed REIT, the Firm has invested in virtually every category of real estate on a global basis, opportunistically shifting asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as it perceives risk/reward dynamics to be evolving. Starwood Capital also manages Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), the largest commercial mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States, which has successfully deployed over $98 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $26 billion across debt and equity investments. Over the past 32 years, Starwood Capital Group and its affiliates have successfully executed an investment strategy that involves building enterprises in both the private and public markets. Additional information can be found at www.starwoodcapital.com.

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SOURCE Starwood Capital Group