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C O M PA N Y L E A D E R S H I P
JOEL BARNETT
ELAN PERETZ
LONNDON SEELY
JONATHON FIXLER
LIN BOATWRIGHT
For the past 30 years, Joel has captained the firm that
bears his name with the sole purpose of sourcing and
managing investment opportunities for his family. He
has assembled an array of investment professionals
to assist him in pursuing investment options ranging
from securities trading to real estate development,
distressed debt and secured lending. Joel’s unique
philosophy of harnessing his professionals’ drive and
abilities by allowing them to prosper shoulder-toshoulder with the family underpins every aspect of
Barnett Capital’s success.
Elan Peretz is the Managing Director and General
Counsel of Barnett Capital. As Managing Director,
Elan manages the company’s portfolio of assets and
businesses and leads a team of 50 employees.
As the Managing Director of
Operations at Barnett Capital,
Lonndon has the day to day
operations
and
leadership
responsibility over all functions of
Barnett Capital’s business lines.
Lonndon’s primary responsibility
is to ensure that Barnett Capital is
operating with precise efficiency
while maximizing its profitability.
Lonndon has over 20 years
executive leadership experience
in top fortune 50 corporations
within the US in both the financial
and the retail industries. Lonndon
graduated from Kansas State
University with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Administration
and resides in Chicago, IL.
Jonathon Fixler is the Director of
Multi-Family Residences for Barnett
Capital. Jonathon is responsible for
the growth and implementation
of the platform and its investment
activities,
including
sourcing
opportunities,
spearheading
development, and leading the
underwriting, due diligence, and
asset management processes.
Since 2012, Jonathon has lead over
75 separate real estate transactions
totaling in excess of $200 million
dollars.
Lin joined Barnett Capital in 2012
and is responsible for supporting
the
strategic
acquisition
of
distressed commercial properties
throughout the Chicagoland area,
and providing debt restructuring
for borrowers. Additionally, Lin
directs the Joint Venture platform
which has been instrumental in
creating strong relationships with
seasoned developers, including
Domus Group.
The philosophy with which Joel has conducted business
rests on the principle of finding what it is that clients
cannot do for themselves and helping to fill that gap.
Joel has emphasized the importance of understanding
and listening to clients’ needs in order to aid them in
increasing and building on past success.
Joel earned his bachelor of science degree in finance
from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he
graduated with highest honors and was awarded
membership in Sigma Iota Epsilon, the national
business fraternity recognizing academic excellence.
After working for a New York investment banking
firm specializing in tax-advantaged investments,
Joel started his own company, becoming one of the
youngest owners of an NASD-licensed broker-dealer
firm in the country. In his role as president and
chairman of Barnett Capital, Joel is actively involved on
a day to day basis with all of Barnett Capital’s various
business lines.
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Elan started at Barnett Capital as a commercial real
estate investment officer in 2007 and became the sole
Managing Director of the company in 2017. Elan’s
vision, leadership, and drive have been the engine
behind Barnett Capital’s growth from an industrial real
estate investment company with three employees and
15 buildings into a diversified alternative investment
platform that has managed over $500,000,000 in
assets for the Barnett Family and its partners. Building
on his expertise as a commercial and real estate
finance attorney, Elan spearheaded the company’s
post-financial-crisis growth into specialty finance
and secured lending and into placing its investments
throughout the real estate capital stack. Elan is also
counsel to the Barnett Family and General Counsel of
Barnett Capital.
A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Elan
has worked in the commercial real estate and finance
industry since 2001. Elan was an associate in the real
estate group at Goldberg Kohn and a corporate and
finance associate with Latham and Watkins after
his graduation with Honors from the University of
Chicago Law School in 2003. Elan’s civic and charitable
endeavors include support for the Jewish United Fund
of Metropolitan Chicago, The Cove School and Keshet.
Previously, Jonathon spent 5
seasons in the Houston Astros
organization after being selected
in the June 2007 Major League
Baseball Draft.
Jonathon graduated from Indiana
University with a Bachelor of Arts
in Sociology and a Certificate in
Business Foundations.
Prior to joining Barnett Capital, Lin
ran his own real estate investment
company for 14 years, during
this span he also operated a real
estate brokerage firm and became
an underwriter for commercial
acquisitions and refinancing. Lin
received a bachelor of arts from
Virginia Tech in 1995.
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