Chairman

Steve Smith is Chairman of AGDG, a partner in Augustus Global LLC, and President and Chief Executive Officer of GlenArbor Partners Incorporated, a private equity, and real estate investment firm.

Prior to his current roles, Mr. Smith co-founded Bryanston Realty Partners LLC with two partners and served as principal and Chief Operating Officer. The firm invested through its institutional funds (Bryanston Retail Opportunity Fund LP and Bryanston Real Estate Opportunity Fund II LP) in restructuring opportunities in the retail segment, acquiring operating companies, portfolios and single assets with its venture partners Lubert-Adler, Cerberus, Acadia Realty Trust, Kimco Realty and several other private equity firms. Acquisitions included Mervyn’s, Albertson’s, ShopKo, and Marsh Supermarkets.

Smith previously served as a Managing Director of LaSalle Investment Management, and an International Director of its parent Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., where he was responsible for the firm’s domestic and international investment clients through offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, London, and Munich. Smith held a variety of transaction and relationship management positions within LaSalle Partners Inc., the firm’s predecessor.  He joined LaSalle from The Quaker Oats Company in Chicago where he served as a brand manager in the US foods division. 

Steve received an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an A.B. in Economics from Brown University.