Leadership

Ashford Capital Partners, Inc. was founded in 2008 to acquire investment grade real estate at substantial discounts to its current market value. Matthew J. Riedemann is the driving force behind the company, bringing to the table over 18+ years of building and real estate experience. Matthew has been involved with over a quarter billion dollars worth of real estate transactions, notably with more than half of those transactions being land acquisitions & dispositions in the last six years.

Matthew J. Riedemann

Founder, President, & Managing Director

Matthew is a graduate of Bryn Athyn College and began his real estate career with John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods in 1992 where he was a Quality Manager and an Associate Builder. Matthew was elected to the prestigious John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods President Club in 1999.

In 1999, Matthew joined the Ornstein Companies and was responsible for the management of two large, high profile, multi-million dollar condo & loft projects in Atlanta. Both projects won several awards with the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association. As vice president with the Ornstein Companies, Matthew oversaw the acquisition of $90 million dollars of land.

In 2005, Matthew co-founded Vision Capital Partners, LLC. While with Vision he and his partners acquired more than $50 million of land throughout the greater metro Atlanta area.

In 2008, Matt sold his interest in Vision Capital and set out on his own and founded Ashford Capital Partners, allowing him to focus on the unprecedented opportunities in the distressed real estate market.

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Aaron Marino

Director of Acquisitions

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As director of acquisitions, Aaron Marino brings 13 years of business development experience to Ashford Capital Partners.

Aaron’s professional career began in 1998 when he moved to Atlanta upon graduating from West Virginia University. Shortly after arriving in Atlanta, Aaron opened a chain of nutrition stores which he sold 2 years after the inception. With part of the proceeds, Aaron opened a local fitness center which he ran for the next 5 before selling this as well. In 2006 Aaron started a personal and corporate consulting firm.

In 2008 Aaron joined the Ashford Capital team where he has been able to utilize all of his operational and business development skills to help propel Ashford Capital Partners to a place of distinction among non-traditional investment firms.

Aaron was born and raised in a middle class suburb of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, and contributes his multiple business successes to his blue-collar upbringing where he learned the value of hard work and personal integrity.