Eli Mills

CEO at Equity Catalyst

Speaker

Eli has been a part of the commercial real estate landscape for over 30 years. He has completed more than 400 transactions valued at over $4.5 billion. Eli has represented and advised many of the largest real estate investors in the United States introducing many institutional / private investors to new markets. Eli was with CBRE for 13 years. He was on CBRE's national Institutional Capital Markets team and raised equity for/sold many of the largest commercial projects in Utah. He has established a reputation as a data driven and detail-oriented person with great integrity. In 2022 he joined Gardner, one of the oldest/largest commercial real estate developers in Utah as their Chief Investment Officer. Eli founded Equity Catalyst in 2025 because he saw huge inefficiencies in the equity raising process across the US for developers, sponsors on new purchases and LP Investors. Eli's vision is for Equity Catalyst to make the equity raising process streamlined, efficient, transparent, and to become the top real estate equity raising platform in the US.

Eli has been married for 29 years, has 8 children and three grandchildren. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, mountain biking and boating.