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William Michael Bennett
Mr. Bennett holds engineering degrees from Purdue and Northwestern, and an MBA from Kellogg. He was an early employee in a zero-revenue startup that became a Nasdaq-traded public company. Bill has 20 years of principal experience sponsoring $1 Billion+ of student housing, office, industrial, self-storage, land development, and coworking real estate, and has founded two Inc 500 companies. He is a faculty member in the Kellogg School in his 18th year of teaching and a two-time Dean’s Impact Teaching Award recipient
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Masters, 2006, Business Administration,Engineering Management, Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science, 1998, Engineering Management, Purdue University -
Lecturer of Real Estate, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2007-present
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Managing Principal, Iconic Development, 2007-present
Integrated Development Group, 2006-2007
Fund For Builders III, 2006
Sterling Real Estate Partners, 2005
Principal, Student Space, 2005-present
Manager, Active Power Inc., 2003-2004
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Active Power Inc., 2002
Project Manager, Active Power Inc., 2000-2001
Manufacturing Engineer, Active Power Inc., 1999
Document Control, Active Power Inc., 1998
Real Estate Entrepreneurship (REAL-465-0)
**This course was formerly known as REAL-925-0**
This course focuses on creating a framework for successful real estate entrepreneurship through applying theory, analytical tools, and cross-disciplinary training. Topics include creating an investment thesis, sourcing opportunities, investment valuation and underwriting, performing due diligence, legal issues, transaction structuring, risk analysis, fundraising, closing transactions, and asset management.