Gun Ruder

Gun is President and CEO at S. Martinelli & Company and is driving its business growth for the future. He brings a wealth of knowledge and diverse business background to the position.

Gun was most recently a Regional Director for Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund, a $220 million real estate private equity fund focused on developing campuses for best-in-class charter schools across the country. Gun was part of the founding team that developed the core business model, established the financial model, and built the operating infrastructure to support it. As Regional Director, he identified real estate transactions, developed underwriting criteria for prospective clients, established operating pro forma and critical metrics for portfolio deals, and acted as the primary liaison with lenders–both construction lenders and long-term bond underwriters.

Prior to Canyon-Agassi, Gun was the President of Agassi Graf Holdings, which provides business management services for Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf. In this role, he was responsible for direct investments, real estate development, and financial management for the overall business, including oversight of the Andre Agassi College Prep Academy as the Andre Agassi Foundation Finance Committee Chair. Prior to AGH, Gun worked for MBNA as a senior member of its internal strategy group developing financial products for consumers and small businesses. Before joining MBNA, he was a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company in the financial services and private equity industries in New York City and worked in Tokyo, Japan for Nippon Steel, managing global infrastructure development projects.

Gun holds an MBA from Stanford University and is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University.