Mark Rapparport

Founder & CEO at Butterfly

Speaker

Mark Rapparport is the founder and CEO of Butterfly, a company that designs and builds small form factor housing to address Southern California's housing shortage. With over 25 years of experience in real estate development, acquisitions, and finance, Mark has built a deep understanding of residential and commercial real estate. His development track record spans award-winning housing developments for the middle market to luxury custom homes in Orange County.

His expertise extends beyond traditional development through early-stage investment and board service at Mavent, a mortgage compliance software company successfully acquired by Ellie Mae. His entrepreneurial foundation in technology—co-founding Mission Electronics and founding Xtend Micro Products—provides him with operational scaling experience and supply chain management expertise that proves invaluable in streamlining construction processes and managing vendor relationships in the ADU market.