Ken Bacon

Ken Bacon is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Railfield Partners. Prior to founding RailField, Bacon spent 19 years at Fannie Mae, most recently as the Executive Vice President and Head of the Multifamily Business. During his tenure, Bacon grew the portfolio from $56 billion to over $195 billion in assets, consisting of multifamily mortgages, conventional equity, tax credits and mezzanine debt. He also initiated the American Communities Fund at Fannie Mae. He was previously Director of the Office of Securitization for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC and held officer positions at Morgan Stanley and Kidder Peabody.

Bacon currently serves on the Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation, Ally Financial and Welltower. He is active in several non-profit and trade groups, including as a Board Member of the Real Estate Executive Council (Vice Chairman), National Multifamily Housing Council, and Martha's Table.

Bacon is an alumnus and former trustee of Stanford University, where he received his B.A.. He also holds a M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In recognition of his service to the Marshall Scholars program, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire ("OBE") by the British government.