Mr. Bravante is the founder and president of Bravante Farm Capital, a farmland investor, and co-founder and managing member of the general partner of Bravante-Curci Investors, an investment firm focused on California real estate. He has spent more than two decades building a vertically integrated farming business through acquisitions of water-rich farmland.
Earlier in his career he served as CEO of American Real Estate Group, where he led the managed liquidation of $15 billion of real estate assets of American Savings Bank, and as President and COO of Colony Advisors. He began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Whinney and is designated an audit committee financial expert as Chair of Sabre's Audit Committee.