Ronald Dickerman

President & Founder at Madison International Realty

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Ronald Dickerman is President and Founder of Madison International Realty (“Madison”), a leading liquidity provider to real estate investors worldwide. Madison provides equity capital and customized liquidity solutions for global industry participants targeting properties, portfolios, and platforms. Madison has become a dominant player for real estate owners and investors seeking to monetize embedded equity, replace capital partners seeking an exit or to recapitalize balance sheets. The firm provides equity for recapitalizations, partner buyouts and capital infusions and acquires joint venture, limited partner and co-investment interests as principals. In addition, Madison provides strategic growth capital to established, middle-market real estate operating platforms, seeking to accelerate their growth and investment programs. Madison has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Seoul. Since its founding in 2002, Madison has raised more than $8 billion in capital commitments for investment in commercial real estate. Mr. Dickerman has over 35 years of experience focused on the analysis, acquisition, financing, management, and disposition of income-producing assets.

Prior to founding Madison, Mr. Dickerman was President and Founder of First Equity Realty, LLC, a real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition of underperforming assets from financial institutions. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Dickerman was an investment banker at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc.

Mr. Dickerman is an active member of PREA and served as Co-Chair of the 2023 Spring PREA Conference. He is also a member of the PREA Foundation. Mr. Dickerman served as a former member of the board of directors of AFIRE and is a member of INREV and the Zell Lurie Institute. Mr. Dickerman is also a frequent speaker on secondary investments and liquidity at real estate conferences throughout the world. Mr. Dickerman earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Tufts University.