William M Kahane

William M. Kahane is the Co-Founder of AR Capital. Additionally, Mr. Kahane serves as a Director of RCS Capital. Mr. Kahane has been active in the structuring and financial management of commercial real estate investments for close to 40 years. He began his career in 1974 as a real estate lawyer, practicing in both the public and private sectors. From 1981 to 1992, Mr. Kahane was in the investment banking department of Morgan Stanley, specializing in real estate; he became a managing director in 1989. From 1997 until 2005, Mr. Kahane was on the Board of Directors of Catellus Development Corp (NYSE: CDX), a real estate investment and development company, and served as non-executive chairman from 1999 to 2001. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Kahane was a trustee at AFRT, during which time Mr. Kahane served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of AFRT’s Board of Trustees; Mr. Schorsch was the CEO of that company. Mr. Kahane received a B.A. from Occidental College, a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple Emanu-El in New York City.