Commercial Observer: BGO Co-CEO John Carrafiell On Using Data to Nail Real Estate Investment
From his Miami Beach office, John Carrafiell helps manage a global empire. Carrafiell since July 2021 has been the co-CEO of BGO (formerly BentallGreenOak), an investment adviser with $83 billion in assets under management in a dozen countries.
After spending much of his career in London, Carrafiell moved back to the U.S. in 2021. He's also chairman of BGO IREIT, a non-traded real estate investment trust launched in 2023. And he's a member of the board of Sandow Lakes Ranch Venture, a 32,000-acre mixed-use development near Austin, Texas.
