EDUCATION FOR AFTER YOU’VE MADE YOUR MONEY

Jeff Sakamoto is a successful real estate developer and investor who has earned the reputation as one of the top dealmakers in the industry. With almost two decades of experience, Jeff has crafted a sharp eye for investments that create and yield massive value for stakeholders. In the last 5 years alone, Jeff has been the driving force behind over $2 billion of real estate investments throughout the Western United States.

After building a sizable personal net worth in his late 20’s by investing in other developer’s real estate projects, Jeff was nearly wiped out in the Great Recession of 2008. From that difficult experience and a lot of soul-searching, he came to the conclusion that cash-flowing, multifamily real estate was the best investment on the planet. Since then, he has amassed a sizeable portfolio of over 2000 apartment units across multiple U.S. cities. Despite economic uncertainly all around, Jeff believes the best investment opportunities of our lifetime will be in the next 18-24 months.

Jason Applebaum stared his career in the exotic car field being one of the first people to sell luxury cars online. At the time Jason was young and sought out his peers as clients. It was in this search he found a large pocket of internet marketers to sell expensive high performance cars too. After many repeat purchases he finally asked them to show him exactly what they were doing to be able to afford so many of the cars he was selling.

One he was shown the way he quickly stepped on the gas producing 100s of millions in revenue for e-commerce products and lead generation services.

It all came full circle where he went from selling cars to buying cars with an extensive collection he keeps closely Guarded. With a ton of pressure and a few favors owed he has agreed to share his passion and help geekout attendees Amass a collection of cars that will double triple and quadruple in value over time.

Daniel is an experienced investor and operator with a demonstrated history of working in the Private Equity industry. He has completed more than $1Bn of Private Equity Acquisitions and over $2Bn of divestitures across his investing career. Daniel is a founder and Managing Director of Beverly Capital. Prior to Beverly Capital, Daniel had spent several years at Pacific Avenue Capital Partners where he was a Vice President on the Investment Team. Prior to Pacific Avenue, Daniel worked at Bridgepoint, Guggenheim Asset Management, and Houlihan Lokey. Daniel has a deep history of investing in Business Services, Consumer Services, and Healthcare across the entire capital structure.

Daniel is a Feldberg Fellow and Private Equity Fellow at Columbia University, where he received his Master's of Business Administration (M.B.A.). He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Finance from USC's Marshall School of Business, where he graduated with honors.

Daniel is a Partner at Framework Insurance and Financial Solutions. Framework is full-service insurance brokerage specializing in life and disability insurance for the affluent marketplace. Framework provides advisors and their clients with in-depth audits and holistic reviews of their insurance portfolios in addition to placing new coverage. Daniel’s clients range from tech-innovators, professional athletes, and entertainers to trust companies, family offices and closely held businesses. Born and raised in Denver, CO, Daniel made his way west to attend USC. He currently resides in Manhattan Beach, CA

Bernadette Girvin, a former LPGA Tour player and 14-year veteran in the financial services industry, graduated from Ole Miss with a B.S. in Psychology and joined the financial industry just after college. She and her business partner, Claudio Gambin, co-founded GFG Solutions in 2019 in downtown Orlando with the vision of creating a firm with a complete ecosystem of solutions for business owners. In her role as CEO, she leads the strategic growth and vision of the firm, oversees leadership and culture, financial performance and is passionate about delivering a white-glove, gold-standard, client experience. Outside of work, Bernadette is a proud mom to her two children, Gates and Presley. She and her husband Charlie, who are both Orlando natives, live on a 5-acre farm with 65 chickens, 9 turkeys, 4 ducks, 1 mini pig, 3 dogs, 2 cats and a bunny. They still love to play golf any chance they get!