Description: Chris Plaford's official fishing site. Learn about his adventures along the coast!
Chris Plaford got his undergraduate degree at Indiana University where he majored in finance. He initially got involved in real estate by purchasing a couple multifamily apartment buildings. After spending time employed with Goldman Sachs, Chris went to Balyasny Asset Management, a highly respectable alternative asset manager. He started out working as a trader and made his way up to Portfolio Manager.
Chris Plaford ultimately became a partner with a group of funds managing over $8 billion AUM, and personally managing over $1 billion. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Clarivate Analytics advising the biotech and pharmaceutical industries about how to raise funds.
Aside from working in the healthcare financial industry, Chris Plaford spent many years investing in other areas, such as structured products, real estate, straight bonds, convertible bonds, structured products and credit default swaps. He transitioned in 2013 to focus mostly on real estate with his company, Capital Asset Properties LLC . Their niche is focusing on the huge lack of access to capital in the middle of the market. One of the reasons he is so attracted to this field is the fact that this area i