Stephen R. Quazzo

Stephen R. Quazzo is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Pearlmark Real Estate, LLC, a Chicago–based private equity real estate investment firm (formerly known as Transwestern Investment Company, LLC). Pearlmark pursues domestic, value-added strategies through a series of institutional and high net worth investment vehicles.

From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Quazzo served as president of Equity Institutional Investors, Inc., a subsidiary of investor Sam Zell’s private holding company, Equity Group Investments, Inc. Prior to joining the Zell organization, Mr. Quazzo was in the Real Estate Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a vice president responsible for the firm’s real estate investment banking activities in the Midwest.