THOMAS BARRACK
Barrack, the chairman of Los Angeles-based private equity real estate investment firm Colony Capital, oversees $14 billion in business and property assets around the world. He founded Colony in 1991 after working as a principal investor for Robert Bass. Prior to that Barrack was at Oxford Development Ventures and, before that, served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior for the Reagan administration.
Beyond Bass
Private equity is an apprenticeship business. When the apprentice works for a very private family office, it might be said that a sense of fiduciary duty is deeply, deeply instilled. Witness the many notable careers in the private investment industry that have emanated from the Bass brothers of Fort Worth, Texas. Robert Bass, in particular, has at one point or another been an employer of quite a cast of private equity characters. The industry ties to the Bass family are presented here, starting on the right hand side.
