Austin Richter is the Chief Investment Officer of Zephyr. Prior to joining Zephyr, Mr. Richter spent 11 years with Westbrook Partners, a global real estate investment management firm and was responsible for residential investment activities within the Western United States. Prior to joining Westbrook, he worked for LandCap Partners, a real estate investment firm formed by a partnership between Goldman Sachs and Northstar Realty Finance.

Before working at LandCap Partners, Austin was a Credit Manager at Financial Federal Credit Inc., a $2 billion NYSE listed company specializing in providing capital to mid-market construction companies. Richter received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.