Melvin J. Kaplan
Biography
A real estate investor since 1960, Melvin J. Kaplan is Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Financial Group, an entity which invests in commercial real estate nationally.
In 1987 Mel and his wife founded The Harry Singer Foundation, a nonprofit educational operating foundation dedicated to youth development. He serves on its Board of Directors and advises various other 501(c)(3) foundations. Mel also serves on the Advisory Board of Aspire Public Schools, a public charter school organization that currently serves a total of over 13,500 students in grades K-12 at 36 locations in California and Memphis Tennessee.
Born and raised in Boston, Mel is an alumnus of MIT and the University of California-Berkeley where he lectured at the School of Business Administration. His specialty continues to be problem-solving and entrepreneurship. With his wife of fifty-three years, he successfully raised five philanthropic and entrepreneurial sons. His biography has appeared in Marquis’ Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and Who’s Who in the World.
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
Over the past 53 years, Mel has been active in the real estate industry as a syndicator, mortgage banker, developer, property manager, advisor, investment banker and principal. He has been involved in one or more of these capacities with many individuals, companies, and institutions. The following are samples:
Bank of America Securities LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
Black Equities, Los Angeles, California
Health Care Services, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Capital Lease Funding, LP, New York, New York
Citibank, New York, New York
City National Bank, San Francisco, California
Corporate Realty Investment Company, Boston, Massachusetts
David D. Bohannon Organization, San Mateo, California
Deblar Capital, Inc., Napa, California
Deutsch Bank of North America, Montreal, Canada
Equitable Real Estate, Vancouver, British Columbia
General Electric Information Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Leo B. Helzel Interests, Oakland, California
Milton Gottlieb Trust, Los Angeles, California
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy LLP, San Francisco, California
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP, Dallas, Texas
IBM Corporation, New York, New York
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., New York, New York
Jupiter Realty Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Leasehold Developers, St. Louis, Missouri
Legacy Partners Commercial Inc., Irvine, California
Pacific Companies, Phoenix, Arizona
Related Companies, LP, New York, New York
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., New York, New York
Sugarland Properties, Inc., Sugar Land, Texas
Swig Investment Company, San Francisco, California
Saul M. Weingarten Interests, Carmel, California
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, California
