Michael H. Krupa
MBA '89
Michael H. Krupa is President of MHK Advisors, LLC, a real estate ownership and advisory firm, and previously served as President of Gemdale USA Corporation, a unit of Gemdale Corporation, one of Asia's largest and leading real estate companies where he brought a wealth of real estate investment, development, business development and operations experience to the company. Prior to joining Gemdale, Krupa served as managing director at The Milestone Group where he also served on Milestone's Investment Committee. Prior to Milestone, he was an executive director in two divisions within UBS, including the UBS Investment Bank Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group, as part of the group’s Real Estate Private Equity Fundraising team, and at UBS Global Asset Management Real Estate, one of the largest global real estate fund managers. Krupa was instrumental in the creation and growth and later served on the Board of Directors of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. (‘MCUBSR’), the externally advised asset manager to two Tokyo Stock Exchange listed J-REITs, Japan Retail Fund as well as Industrial and Infrastructure Fund. MCUBSR was sold to KKR for $2 billion in 2022. Prior to UBS, Krupa served in various real estate investment banking capacities at Salomon Smith Barney and one of its predecessors, Salomon Brothers, Inc., as well as at Kidder, Peabody and Company.
Krupa teaches global real estate investment at NYU as well as the Fordham Real Estate Institute at Lincoln Center and in London. He received his B.S. from Northeastern University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a CPA and is the author of numerous articles for leading real estate trade publications including, "Wall Street's Perspectives on the Self-Storage Industry", "Wall Street's Infatuation with the Assisted Living Industry", "Multifamily REIT M&A: When Will the Wave Begin" and "Marina Industry Consolidation: When Will the Wave Begin" and has spoken at numerous leading real estate industry conferences on such topics as global real estate capital flows, REITs around the world, the Self-Storage Industry and the Senior Housing Industry. He serves as a member of the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board as well as the Fordham Executive Council and was a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Multi-Housing Council, AFIRE, the China Institute and First Workings.
