Chairman & CEO
Mr. Gemici is a 43-year finance industry veteran with Deep Vertical Experience in financial products, capital placement, debt structuring, commercial and residential real estate, asset management, and business strategy.
Before founding Greenstone in 2011, Mr. Gemici was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank as the Head of real estate finance, mortgage origination, trading and warehouse lending businesses in the Middle East and Africa.
Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Gemici’s entrepreneurial abilities as Founder and CEO were showcased in the establishment and management of Montgomery Mortgage Capital – a New Jersey-based mortgage banking firm with origination volume exceeding $1.2 billion annually.
Between 1999 and 2001, Mr. Gemici was a Senior Vice President at MortgageIT, Inc. (a top U.S. mortgage lender later acquired by Deutsche Bank) and was responsible for new business development and M&A. During Mr. Gemici’s tenure, mortgage origination volume of the company increased from $10 million per month to over $1 billion per month.
Between 1997 and 1999, Mr. Gemici was Managing Partner of an investment firm that acquired and managed nearly 1,000 residential apartment units located in four states in the U.S.
Between 1995 and 1997, Mr. Gemici was Managing Director of the Clifford Companies and ran their $300 million multi-family property acquisition fund. Between 1983 and 1995, Mr. Gemici had a variety of roles at the LFC Group of Companies and, in 1992, was appointed Managing Director and Head of LFC Equities, the international investment arm of the LFC Group of Companies.
Mr. Gemici attended University of California Irvine for undergraduate studies and holds a professional doctorate from European International University Paris.