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Preferred Name: Bob
Last Name: Foley
Degree String (Type, Year): ('81)
Job Title: Partner
Company Name: TPG Real Estate
Bio: Bob is a partner of TPG Real Estate, and CFO of TPG RE Finance Trust ('TRTX'), an NYSE-traded commercial mortgage REIT with total assets of $5.0B and equity capitalization of $1.5B. Previously, Bob directed US-based CRE credit investment activity for Sixth Street Partners LP ('SSP'), a $47B AUM special situations firm previously affiliated with TPG. Bob was a co-founder, CFO and later COO of Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE: GPT), a REIT with over $8B of debt and net lease investments later acquired by Blackstone. Previously, he was co-head of high yield commercial real estate debt for Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s special situations group, and led the commercial real estate capital markets business at Bankers Trust Company (since merged with Deutsche Bank). He began his career with Touche Ross & Co. in San Francisco. Bob earned his BA from Stanford and MBA from The Wharton School. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of CREFC, and is a member of many real estate industry groups.