Justin Chang is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer – Digital Balance Sheet for Colony Capital, Inc. He has primary responsibility for Colony LatAm Partners and Digital Colony Partners. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Colony American Homes from its founding in 2012 to its merger with Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust in January 2016. From January 2016 to June 2017, Mr. Chang served on the Board of Trustees of Colony Starwood Homes (NYSE: SFR).

Prior to joining the Colony Capital business in 2010, Mr. Chang was a Partner with TPG Capital, an international private equity investment firm that he joined in 1993. At TPG, Mr. Chang was involved in private equity investments across a broad range of industries including consumer products, financial services, healthcare, real estate, technology, media and telecommunications in multiple geographies in North America and Asia.

Mr. Chang sits or has sat on a variety of boards around the world including: Beringer Wine Estates, Blade Urban Air Mobility, Colony Starwood Homes, Crystal Decisions, Lenovo Group,Northstar Healthcare Income, On Semiconductor, Shenzhen Development Bank, Silverado Premium Properties, Stratto Opencell and UTAC Holdings.

Mr. Chang received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1993 and his BA cum laude in Economics and Political Science from Yale University in 1989. He currently serves on the Yale President’s Council on International Activities, the Yale Development Council and the Board of Advisors of the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.