- FOCUS
- Underwriting, capital markets, asset management
- EDUCATION
- Columbia University, B.S.; UC Berkeley Haas, MBA
- EXPERIENCE
- Goldman Sachs, First Industrial, CBRE, Colony Capital
Neel Shetti
Chief Financial Officer
Neel Shetti brings more than 15 years of experience in institutional real estate investment, underwriting, financial modeling, and complex transactions. Before Russell Glen, he held senior investment roles, including at Goldman Sachs, where he managed about $1.5 billion in equity investments and commercial loans.
Neel Shetti serves as Chief Financial Officer of Russell Glen, with expertise in market analysis, due diligence, underwriting, financial modeling, and lease and sale contract negotiations. He has worked across multifamily, single-family residential, office, industrial, retail, and hotel assets.
Before joining Russell Glen, Neel was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs, where he actively managed $1.5 billion in equity investments and commercial whole loans. Property types included stabilized and under construction office, retail, hospitality, industrial, multifamily, and land. Neel successfully minimized risk and ensured investment recovery by working closely with GPs and borrowers, leasing teams, GCs, and property managers to identify and create solutions to credit weakness, emerging risks, performance, and monetary defaults.
Born in New Jersey, Neel began his real estate career at his family's single-family residential development firm. He grew to manage diverse portfolios at global institutional firms, including First Industrial, CBRE, and Colony Capital.
Neel received a B.S. in engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. A family man with three young children, Neel enjoys woodworking, cooking, and volunteering time with Boy Scouts and is President of the Dad's Club at his children's school.