Adam Berkowitz

Adam Berkowitz is the Chairman of Poet Hill. Since 2011, Mr. Berkowitz has managed nine private equity funds and several family office vehicles primarily focused on non-agency RMBS. Previously, Mr. Berkowitz was part of a portfolio management team at High Rise Capital Management overseeing its dedicated real estate-focused long/short equity fund. Prior to High Rise, Mr. Berkowitz was with Argent Ventures, an opportunistic real estate partnership based in New York, where he was involved in the acquisition of large multifamily assets and the redevelopment of distressed retail portfolios. Mr. Berkowitz began his career as a real estate investment banker at Lazard Frères (now Lazard), where he advised public real estate companies on various mergers and acquisitions and large -scale real-asset sales. Mr. Berkowitz holds a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Philosophy from University of Cambridge (Queens’ College), an M.A. in Real Estate Finance from NYU, and a J.D. from NYU School of Law.