Robert Ambrosi

Chairman & CEO at ARCTRUST

Speaker

Robert Ambrosi, born in 1950, is the Founder and Chairman of the ARCTRUST Group of Companies, which has been responsible for the creation of two Investment Grade Real Estate Investment Trusts as well as the acquisition and development of more than 500 properties with an aggregate value in excess of $5 billion and since its formation in 1985.

He began his career as a real estate analyst at the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and then hired as a Vice President of Marcil Properties Inc, a Canadian real estate investment banking firm where he was responsible for the acquisition of American Net Lease Properties on behalf of foreign based investors. In 1979, he co-founded The Pivko Group, Inc. and subsequently Tibor Pivko & Company, an international real estate advisory company with activities in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. In 1985, he founded ARCTRUST to specialize in the acquisition and development of Net Lease Properties throughout the United States.

Mr. Ambrosi has received numerous industry awards including the Real Estate Forum designation as one of the most influential executives in the Net Lease Property Business, the International Council of Shopping Center Award for the Development of Historic Properties, the Globe Street Award for Opportunity Zones, as well as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year finalist.

He has a Master’s degree in Finance from Rutgers University, a Senior Certificate in Real Estate from New York University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Mr. Ambrosi has been a frequent guest lecturer on international business at several universities including the Graduate Schools at Duke University, Columbia University and Rutgers University.