Colin Wiel

Colin Wiel serves as a member of Starwood Waypoint's board of trustees and their chief investment officer. Mr. Wiel is a co-founder of the Waypoint manager and has served as one of its managing directors since its founding in 2009. Prior to founding the Waypoint manager, Mr. Wiel founded and sold an e-commerce software engineering firm. Mr. Wiel has been an investor in a variety of asset classes including real estate, public markets, venture capital and angel investments. In 2005, Mr. Wiel founded the San Francisco chapter of Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investor group, which he grew to over 100 members before stepping down as chapter president in 2009. Notable technical achievements include designing an antilock braking system for commercial aircraft for Boeing (two US patents issued) and co-architecting the Java software infrastructure for Charles Schwab's online trading website. He was recently selected as one of the 'Top 100 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs' by Goldman Sachs. Mr. Wiel received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Colin Wiel brings to Starwood Waypoint's board of trustees extensive expertise in the single-family home real estate sector and familiarity with growth companies and innovative technologies.