Victor N Lee MBA
*** * ******* ***, **** F, Alhambra, CA 91801
818-***-**** adt8jq@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-lee-55246918/ BIO
I am a seasoned financial executive, looking to come out of semi-retirement
Seeking positions as Senior Advisor PE Group, Board Position, Senior Advisor for Real Estate CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
LBO/Finance/PE. Executed one of the first LBO in the hotel industry with $500mm acquisition of a publicly traded hotel company with 70+ properties in ten states,
Banking/Underwriting. Underwrote $2 billion of municipal bonds for affordable housing and infrastructure
Real Estate Development. Developed various projects for affordable housing, retail and industrial and hotels in California- acquired properties and navigated various government agencies to entitlement.
Foreign Investment. Rep for Saudi group (Abbar & Zainy) for foreign investments into USA
Board Experience. Sat on 2 boards (hotel company and non-profit medical clinic) EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Creative Energy Corporation Costa Mesa, CA
President 1997 – 2008
Mammoth Specialty Lodging- Mammoth, CA- 100 room boutique condo. Hotel
Silverhawk Commons- Vineyard Falls Business Park -44 acre in Temecula, CA
Solicited, negotiated and closed: Mezzanine Loan $19.8 M and Acquisition and Development Loan ($16.8 M) from Native American Tribe
Funding enabled the full entitlement of industrial property and the acquisition and full entitlement of boutique hotel site
FCD Hospitality buyout of Servico, Inc. West Palm Beach, FL Partner & Managing Director 1989 – 1993
Leveraged Buyout of Servico, Inc. –publicly traded hotel company- owned and operated 70 hotels domestically
$500,000,000 – Acquisition financing from Choice Hotel to buyout to tender for the public shares and the majority owner Southmark Corporation
Partner: Structured and negotiated financing of this buyout.
Board Member and Executive Vice President - Post Acquisition Drexel, Burnham, Lambert Beverly Hills, CA
Managing Director- West Coast Municipal Finance Office 1984 – 1989
Investment Banking focused on state and local municipalities targeting affordable housing and multi-family project
Issued tax-exempt largest bond issue for Los Angeles County for a single developer (Warner Center)
Managing Director of West Coast office: issued over $2 billion of tax-exempt debt Ronald Whitten LLC Longview, WA
Director of Finance 2017- 2020
Negotiated and documented financing terms involving various bank instruments
Contract compliance for petroleum products purchases EDUCATION
Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford, CA
Masters of Business Administration Class of 1979
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Class of 1973
Honors: Eta Kappa Nu Honors Society, Captain: U of Penn Karate Team ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
Interests: My Nieces and Nephew, Golf, Jazz, Yoga, TCM, vintage Movies Activities: Landmark Education, WFG
Board Experience
Abbar & Zainy London, England
Advisor for Saudi Conglomerate: advised venture investments in the United States 1998 – 2002 Others Los Angeles, CA
Board Member 1997 – 2007
Servico Inc. – Hotel operator of 70 hotels
East Los Angles Health Task Force- Non Profit health clinic in East Los Angeles