Zeke Faham serves as Chief Investment Officer of Box Equities, overseeing the firm’s investment strategy, capital allocation, acquisitions, asset management, and portfolio management. Since joining the firm in 2023, Zeke has led the growth of Box Equities’ industrial platform through the development of strategic institutional capital relationships.
Prior to joining Box Equities, Zeke was a Principal at The Carlyle Group, where he launched a dedicated real estate credit platform and helped acquire a $3.0 billion net lease portfolio, including approximately $1.0 billion of industrial properties. Prior to Carlyle, Zeke spent nine years at Tishman-related enterprises, first at Tishman Realty and subsequently at AECOM Capital. At AECOM Capital, he led a team of ten investment and development professionals, sourcing and executing co-GP real estate equity investments alongside Canyon Partners.
Zeke began his career at iStar Financial, where he underwrote and closed more than $1.5 billion of first mortgage and mezzanine loans across multiple property types. During the Global Financial Crisis, he worked on over $1.0 billion of loan restructurings and managed the firm’s liquidity forecasting, reporting directly to the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer. Throughout his career, Zeke has closed more than $6.0 billion of real estate credit and equity investments.
Zeke earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate.