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Brendan WallaceBrendan Wallace

Brendan Wallace

CEO & Chief Investment Officer / Fifth Wall

Brendan Wallace is a prominent American businessman and investor, best known as the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry (Proptech). He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded four companies, including Identified, an AI platform acquired by Workday for $101 million, which became Workday Recruiting. Wallace previously worked in private equity at The Blackstone Group and investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

MBA, Stanford University
United States
InstagramInstagram25.4K
TwitterTwitter
LinkedInLinkedIn78.9K
Venture CapitalReal Estate TechnologyEntrepreneurship
$3.8 Billion
Capital Raised
$3+ Billion
Fifth Wall Fund Size
4
Companies Founded
78.9K
LinkedIn Followers
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Work Experience

Fifth WallFifth Wall
Fifth Wall

CEO, CIO, Co-Founder

Aug 2017 - Present
Responsibilities
Founded in 2017, Fifth Wall is the largest & most active investor in technology for the real estate industry. Fifth Wall’s portfolio has had 8 IPOs and 16 exits, returning over $750 million in gains to its investors from companies like Procore, ServiceTitan, Blend, Opendoor, Hippo, SmartRent and Industrious. Fifth Wall also has accumulated large positions in many of the largest Proptech companies like Bilt, Aurora Solar, Lessen-SMS Assist, Juniper Square, and others. Fifth Wall has become the most sought-after VC in Proptech because of its ability to accelerate the revenue of its portfolio companies through distribution to its network of 115 strategic real estate LPs. Since inception, Fifth Wall has added over $1 billion in direct revenue to its portfolio companies from its strategic LPs. Fifth Wall's strategic LPs include: CBRE, Mariott, Hilton, Starwood Capital, Related, Equity Residential, Blackstone, Prologis, Public Storage, MGM Resorts, Kimco, Invitation Homes, Hines, British Land, Camden, Greystar, UDR, Kilroy, Mitsubishi Estate, Hudson Pacific, Lennar, DR Horton, Macerich, Toll Brothers, Lowe's Home Improvement, Kilroy, Federal Realty, Kite, and Host Hotels.
Identified (Acquired by Workday)Identified (Acquired by Workday)
Identified (Acquired by Workday)

CEO, Co-Founder

2010 - 2014
Responsibilities
Before its acquisition by Workday, Identified pioneered an artificial intelligence solution to organize the world's professional information. While at Stanford University, Brendan Wallace & Adeyemi Ajao developed Identified's patented machine learning solution called Systematic Mass Normalization (SYMAN), which went on to revolutionize workforce analytics, recruiting, and talent management. In 2014, Workday, Inc. (WDAY) acquired Identified for $101 million in stock. Identified’s platform and team became Workday Recruiting, which grew to become the most widely used cloud-based recruiting software in the world, generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. Today, more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies use Workday Recruiting to process 36 million job listings and 284 million job applications per year. Identified raised $21 million from notable investors such as Google’s Eric Schmidt, Capricorn Investment Group, and Bill Draper, the founder of the first venture capital fund in the U.S
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Cabify

Founding Investor & Founding Team

2011 - 2012
Responsibilities
Cabify is the second largest ridesharing company in Latin America and Spain (after Uber). Cabify has raised $620 million over multiple financing rounds, generates $850 million in revenue, and has been profitable since since 2019. Cabify has 50 million registered users and 1.5 million drivers and taxi operators across 40 cities in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Cabify is the first carbon-neutral mobility platform in Europe and Latin America. It offsets 100% of its CO2 emissions through wind projects and forestry initiatives. Its goal is to fully decarbonize its Spanish fleet by 2025 and its Latin American fleet by 2030.
The Blackstone GroupThe Blackstone Group
The Blackstone Group

Private Equity - Real Estate

2006 - 2009
Responsibilities
Transactions: -Equity Office Properties (EOP) $39 billion LBO by Blackstone. The largest LBO in history at the time. - Hilton Hotels $26 billion LBO by Blackstone -Harrah’s Entertainment $31 billion LBO by TPG, Apollo, Blackstone
Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking - Real Estate

2003 - 2006
Responsibilities
Transactions: -GMAC $9 billion LBO by KKR -Las Vegas Sands $10 billion IPO -Mervyn’s $1.4 billion LBO by Sun Capital

Education

Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University
2004
Field of Study
B.A. in Political Science
Stanford UniversityStanford University
Stanford University

MBA

2010
Field of Study
MBA - Business

Core Expertise

Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Private Equity

Private Equity

Real Estate Technology

Real Estate Technology

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Professional Summary

Brendan Wallace is a serial entrepreneur and investor, having founded four companies and raised $3.8 billion. He is best known as the CEO and CIO of Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry (Proptech). Fifth Wall manages over $3 billion in capital and has achieved 8 IPOs and 16 exits. Prior to Fifth Wall, he co-founded Identified, an AI platform acquired by Workday for $101 million, which became Workday Recruiting.

Key Roles
Fifth Wall (CEO/CIO)Identified (Co-Founder/CEO)Cabify (Founding Investor)The Blackstone Group (Private Equity)Goldman Sachs (Investment Banking)
Industry Focus
Proptech VCAI/Machine LearningReal Estate PERidesharing/MobilityWorkforce Analytics

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Primary Focus

Venture Capital

Key Topics

Proptech, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Entrepreneur

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