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Preferred Name: Suril
Last Name: Shah
Degree String (Type, Year): ('05)
Job Title: CEO & Managing Partner
Company Name: Riller Capital
Bio: Suril Shah is the CEO and Managing Partner at Riller Capital. Mr. Shah leads the sourcing and execution of Riller’s Investments. Previously, Mr. Shah served as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Hotels at Starwood Capital Group. Mr. Shah led Starwood Capital’s U.S. Hotel Acquisitions team and U.S. Hotel Asset Management team with a portfolio valued over $11 billion. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Shah also served as President of SH Hotels & Resorts, a hotel brand management company that operates 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels and SH Collection properties. After joining Starwood Capital in 2005, Mr. Shah spent three years in Paris as a member of the management team of Groupe du Louvre, which owned, managed and franchised more than 1,000 hotels throughout Europe, in addition to over a dozen luxury hotels. Previous to Starwood, Mr. Shah was with Gleacher Partners, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions across all industries. Mr. Shah holds a B.S. in management science and engineering from Stanford University.