Our team has been investing in Private Equity ("PE") for over twenty years, with a consistent flow of buyout deals in underserved middle America markets. Most small business owners prefer not to own the real estate when selling their companies, with the PE buyer taking a similar stance. We unlock the value of the industrial real estate for both parties.
Fund Co-founder, Director and Co-CEO
Co-founder & Manager of B12 Capital Partners, LLC overseeing three different Mid-America focused buyout portfolios, totaling $25 million of invested funds raising an additional $50 million from institutional co-investors
Partner w/ Capital For Business, Manager of two different Mid-America focused buyout funds and participant in a third totaling $60 million in investment funds respectively
Board Member Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK), $4 Billion bank holding company since 2007; Chair of Risk Committee, Member of Audit & Governance Committees; Took public in 2014 after several rounds of private funding
Board Member MEDA Mauritius Foundation, a $150 million fund-of-fuds manager for investments in sub-Saharan African fund managers with a female gender bias.
Board Member MEDA International & Investment Committee member MEDA Risk Capital Fund an emerging market private investment fund with approximately $25 million in fund assets.
Board Member/past board member of 20 plus operating companies (8 as Chair); Board Observer of 7 additional operating company boards; revenues ranging from $5 million to $250 million, employing several thousand people across the Midwest
Board Member/past board member of 10 different non-profit boards in total over the years w/ significant community involvement and various forms of giving back to the local and global community in which we live
Investment track record of returns ranging from 5-15% at the fund level, with individual investment returns exceeding 5x and individual IRR’s exceeding 50%
Fund Co-founder, Director and Co-CEO
Founder and 100% owner of Lange Real Estate, a diversified real estate brokerage and development firm doing business in Kansas; Involved in over 4500 transactions over the last 20 years.
Founder JBL, Inc. & TCRS, LLC, & Lange Gen Y, LLC real estate investment entities that have invested in commercial, residential and agricultural assets since 1985, including several developments with outside investors. These entities have had 100s of tenants managed internally.
Founder and owner of RedGuard, a startup company in the portable storage industry, growing into modular structures that are scalable with qualities including, blast resistant, ballistic resistant, chemical release resistant, storage, modular commercial buildings, tornado and hurricane resistant. International business with combined revenues of $130 million serving both the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
Board Member and 25% owner of family farming operation-10,000 acres of agricultural production of wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans, and a variety of other crops.
Board Member and Chair of loan committee, 20% owner of First National Bank of Conway Springs. Grew the bank from $16 million in assets to $110 million in 13 years.
Acquired Belt Leasing, now Acquipt, LLC which specializes in equipment leasing & business consulting.
Created Equisset, LLC which is a hard money lender, 1031 facilitator , self-directed IRA facilitator and real estate investor consultant
President and Fund Manager
Co-founder and Managing Member of Triple Crown PM, LLC, a commercial property management firm.
Founder and CEO of QA Services, LLC, a national hospitality focused quality consulting firm, with expertise in brand compliance, life safety compliance and operational efficiency. (Material operations ceased 2008).
Developer and Owner of multiple projects, including two hotels, and public private partnership regional conference center, and vacant tracts of land. (All strategically sold 2019 and preceding).
Senior Executive at Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., a public start up hotel company based in Wichita, Kansas. Responsible for capital markets activities, including CMBS and construction mini-perm mortgage financing, sale-leasebacks of owned properties, and joint venture development projects, in total over $1.5B in activity.
Further, responsible for operation and management of the Company's non-core branded assets, comprising $50M in annual revenue, $150M in asset size and approximately 900 employees coast to coast.
In 2003, ran the multi-party asset sale of Candlewood, with the brand sold to InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) at the time the largest hotel company in the world, and the remaining real estate to Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), a Newton MA based, hospitality focused REIT. Served briefly as Managing Director at IHG during the integration of Candlewood into the IHG platform.
Board and Finance Committee Member, JAG-K, Jobs for Americas Graduates-Kansas, a non-for-profit organization that partners with Kansas schools to help students who are facing various barriers to success.
Independent Director
Principal of Aspen Funds, an investment fund group that specializes in alternative investments.
Former General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Vice President of Waddell and Reed Financial, an NYSE-Listed Financial institution with over $100 billion in AUM in mutual funds and managed accounts
Founder, CFO and Board Member, Tellus Health Corporation, a vertically integrated, multi-state operator in the medical and adult-use cannabis industry
Co Founder and Manager of Schulte Ventures, a venture capital company that invests in various stages of a company’s financing and holds several board and advisory seats related to those investments
Co-Founder and Board Member of Market Vineyards, a boutique winery in the state of Washington with regional distribution
Practiced corporate law with the law firm of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher with a practice emphasis in securities private placements and IPOs
Independent Director
Retired Chairman of the Board/CEO and former Co-Owner of Lubrication Engineers, Inc., a global independent manufacturer and service provider of lubricants and accessories to manufacturing companies ranging from independently owned to Fortune 500; 39 years with company.
Principal of holding company Onyx-3, which among other assets owns;
Together with experience at Lubrication Engineers and Alpha BioSystems, has developed specific expertise in environmental matters for real estate and manufacturing businesses, including risk underwriting, risk mitigation and state and federal regulations.
2017 Wichita Reginal Chamber of Commerce, Chairman. Regional Chamber has over 1600 business members.
Founded the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce task force on Diversity and Inclusion along with the task force of Quality of Live for the regional area.
Emeritus Director of Economic Development for Greater Wichita Partnership
Board Member of Fidelity Bank, which is headquartered in Wichita, KS
Past Executive Board member and Vice President of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association. An association of over three hundred lubricant manufacturers in North America.
Independent Director
President and board member of Tortoise Ecofin Investments, LLC, a $9B asset manager managing public and private debt & equity.
Chairman, Ecofin Tax-Advantaged Social Impact Fund, a publicly traded interval fund.
Formerly the CIO for a family office as well as the CIO of Mariner Holding s and its affiliates.
Over 31 years of institutional money management experience at banks, insurance companies and foundations.
Earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in business from Westminster College and is a CFA* charter holder and trustee of 1248 Holdings.
Board of Directors of TC Wealth Partners, a Chicago-based wealth management firm, and Mariner Wealth advisors, a national wealth management firm.
Board member of Shatterproof, a national non-profit dedicated, to reversing the addiction crisis in the U.S and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character.
Director
Fund Co-founder, Director and Secretary of Fund
President and Supervising Broker, Lange Real Estate
Commercial and Residential Team Leader, overseeing, mentoring agents and executing ten million in sales in 2020.
Owner and Board member, RedGuard Advisory Board
Board Member, Women in Commercial Real Estate
Board Member, The Salvation Army.
Director
Co-founder & Manager of B12 Capital Partners, LLC
Mid-America focused microcap buyout portfolios, totaling $25 million of invested funds raising an additional $50 minion from institutional co-investors.
Seventeen years in the top sales & marketing role for Premier Pneumatics, Inc. of Salina, KS, a manufacturer of pneumatic conveying and bulk material handling equipment serving various industries across North America. Sold through an independent rep network typically as #1, #2 or #3 product line assuring share of mind and wallet. Exited to K-Tron International, Inc. which has since merged with Coperion of Stuttgart, Germany.
3 years in the top sales & marketing role for Eldorado International, Inc. serving the recreational vehicle market.
Board member for nine of B12 Capital Partners current manufacturing and distribution portfolio companies serving as chair for three.