David Kite

David is a Managing Director at Chicago Atlantic and serves as COO of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc., our affiliated mortgage REIT. David began his career as a commodities trader with Commodities Corp where legendary traders Paul Tutor Jones, Bruce Kovner and Louis Bacon launched their careers. Soon after, David founded K&K Capital Management, where he created a proprietary trading strategy which at its peak managed in excess of $250 million and generated average annual net returns of 19% for nearly a decade. After, David became the Managing Partner of Lionheart, a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds. In 2013, David transitioned to real estate as Principal and COO of Free Market Ventures where he oversaw all aspects of the company including deal structure, capital raising, due diligence, acquisitions, asset management and dispositions.