Michael Mikelic

Based in New York City, Michael Mikelic serves as managing principal of King Penguin Opportunity Fund III LLC, a $100 million private equity fund. The fund focuses on acquiring value-added commercial properties in high-density locations in revitalizing cities across the country. He is especially interested in secondary cities, which have populations of 500,000 to 3 million residents. Michael Mikelic also spent six years as managing principal of the King Penguin Opportunity Fund LLC, a multifamily commercial real estate portfolio for which achieved net returns of between 14 and 33 percent. He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied economics and earned recognition as a dean's list student.

In his free time, Michael Mikelic enjoys supporting a number of local charities and organizations, including the Windham Path, a two-mile-long path winding through the Northern Catskills of Greene County in Upstate New York, and the Central Park Conservancy, which cares for and maintains Central Park. He also contributes to the Children's Aid Society and the Wildlife Preservation Fund.