Digital Infrastructure and the Rotation to Real Assets
Join the Steers Center for Global Real Estate for this online event featuring Marc Ganzi, president and CEO of Colony Capital, Inc.
Marc Ganzi previously was chief executive officer of Digital Colony. He founded and served as chief executive officer of Digital Bridge Holdings, a leading global investor and owner of mobile and internet infrastructure acquired by Colony Capital in July 2019 as part of Colony’s transformation to become the premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment. At the time of the acquisition, Digital Bridge managed nearly $15 billion of global digital infrastructure assets directly and through Digital Colony Partners. In conjunction with the acquisition, Ganzi became CEO-elect of Colony Capital.
Prior to Digital Bridge, Ganzi founded Global Tower Partners (GTP) in 2003, which grew to become one of the largest privately-owned tower companies in the United States under his leadership before being acquired by American Tower Corporation in 2013 for $4.8 billion. At GTP, Ganzi executed a series of strategic acquisitions and build-to-suit agreements with wireless carriers and financings in the credit markets. Prior to the formation of GTP, Ganzi worked as a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners from 2000-2002 where he oversaw the institution’s investments in the Latin American tower sector. Before joining DB Capital, he co-founded and served as president of Apex Site Management, one of the largest third-party managers of wireless and wireline communication sites in the United States.
Ganzi received a B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He was a board member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association from 2008-2017 and served as chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission. Ganzi currently serves on the board of the Aspen Valley Ski Club.