Minoru Machida, CEO, Tokyo Trust Capital
Prior to joining Tokyo Trust Capital, Mr. Machida was Managing Director and Representative in Japan for Aetos Japan, LLC. from 2001 to 2005, and again from early 2014 to April of 2016. Mr. Machida lead the start up of Aetos Japan in 2001 and as co-head of Aetos Japan made a key contribution to Aetos’s initial fund by leading efforts in the sourcing of many large acquisitions including that of Matsushita Kosan Corporation, one of the largest real estate M&A deals in Japan at that time.
During the interim years 2005-2013, Mr. Machida worked in various senior roles within the Japanese and Asian real estate markets, GE Commercial Finance where he pioneered GE’s first real estate deals in India and China, and Warburg Pincus where he was head of Japan for both Corporate PE and Real Estate.
Prior to joining Aetos Japan, Mr. Machida was an Executive Vice President of Lone Star Japan Acquisitions, LLC, where he was responsible for a deal origination team which sourced and executed nearly 100 transactions totaling more $1.5 billion in equity investments including the acquisition of Tokyo Sowa Bank which became the Tokyo Star Bank.
Mr. Machida started his career with Shimizu Corporation, one of the largest construction and development companies in Japan, where he worked on overseas real estate development projects in the international business division and in the corporate strategy departments. His tenure at Shimizu includes four years of overseas assignments in Malaysia and the United States.
Mr. Machida received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Rikkyo University and his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Tokyo Trust Capital was established in 2016 with equity contributions from MA Platform (“MAP”) and key professionals who are the start-up members. MAP is a private equity firm established with Akira Mori’s personal capital (Akira Mori is the Chairman and owner of Mori Trust Co., Ltd. one of the largest privately held real estate development firms in Japan).
In view of the ever increasing global capital flows in real estate investments, Tokyo Trust Capital aspires to be a leading investment/asset management firm catering to clients for both inbound and outbound opportunities to and from Japan. The firm brings a unique combination of a local Japanese team with significant experience in western investment firms and synergy from a large and established Japanese real estate corporate.
The firm will source and manage deals for both foreign capital seeking to invest in real estate in Japan and Japanese capital seeking to invest in foreign real estate markets. Since its inception, the firm has consummated real estate investment transactions in both Japan and the USA totaling more than US$750million.
In July 2021, Singaporean investment manager, TE Capital Partners Pte Ltd., has acquired a strategic stake in our firm to become a major shareholder. Together, we will further the growth of the firm in its strategy of cross-border investments into and out of Japan.
Past Mingtiandi Events
APAC Residential Forum 2022 — Multi-Family Investment in Japan
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