Ak Patel

AK Patel is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lendsmart. He uses his expertise in financial technology and real estate investing to streamline and optimize lending, home buying operations for banks and their customers…

He has been a real estate investor for ten years and has invested in 30 rental properties across the United States, and has been approved for all two dozen mortgage applications, both residential and commercial.

AK also works for Motive Partners, a next-generation financial technology investment firm, as a Global IT Director and Advisor. AK was part of the founding team of Motive Partners’ a Growth Equity Fund.

AK has spent 15 years as an IT executive for companies like Markit, Grohe, and Capco. He joined Markit as the 8th member of the technology team. While there, the company grew to over 4,000 employees globally (now 13,000) and successfully went public, with a current valuation of $14 billion.

AK holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology Management (with honors) from The Manchester Metropolitan University in England.