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  Morgan Stanley Co-CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate Investing Business

John R. Klopp

Co-CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate Investing Business at Morgan Stanley

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Professional Background

Mr. John R. Klopp serves as Head of Real Assets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Mr. Klopp has been the Head of Americas Real Estate Investing and Global Real Estate Debt Investing at Morgan Stanley February 1, 2010. He has been Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief investment Officer of real estate investing business at Morgan Stanley since September 2010. Mr. Klopp serves as Vice President at Metropolis Realty Holdings LLC. He serves at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment Management Inc. Mr. Klopp served as a Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Americas at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing since September 2010. Mr. Klopp co-founded Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (Capital Trust, Inc.) in 1997 and served as its Consultant from December 1, 2009 to November 30, 2010. He served as Head of Americas Real Estate Investing and Global Real Estate Debt Investing at Morgan Stanley from February 2010 to September 2010. Mr. Klopp served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Capital Trust Inc. from February 1997 to November 30, 2009 and from January 1999 to November 30, 2009, respectively. Mr. Klopp was a Founder and a Managing Partner of Victor Capital Group LP ('VCG') from 1989 to July 1997. From 1982 to 1989 Mr. Klopp served as a Managing Director and co-head of Chemical Realty Corp. ('Chemical Realty'), the real estate investment banking affiliate of Chemical Bank. From 1978 to 1982, Mr. Klopp held various positions with Chemical Bank's Real Estate Division, where he was responsible for originating, underwriting and monitoring portfolios of construction and permanent loans. Mr. Klopp has over 30 years of real estate experience. He served as Vice Chairman of Capital Trust Inc. He serves as a Member of the Board of Managers at Metropolis Realty Holdings LLC. He served as a Director of Capital Trust Inc. from January 1997 to December 1, 2009. He is a Member of Pension Real Estate Association, Commercial Mortgage Securitization Association and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Columbia Business School where he taught 'Real Estate Capital Markets. Mr. Klopp received an M.B.A. in 1978 from the Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania with a major in real estate and finance and a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University in 1976.

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Employee Ratings at Morgan Stanley

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64/100

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