John E. Carter is an industry veteran with more than four decades of real estate experience, including 13 years in data centers with involvement in all aspects of acquisitions, financing, disposition, leasing, and management. Mr. Carter has an extensive background in real estate investments and fund management, launching multiple platforms totaling over $12B in AUM and 250+ properties acquired.
Mr. Carter is the Founder and Chairman of Carter Funds, overseeing the organizational structure and strategic development of the company and its affiliated companies, including Carter Multifamily, Carter Exchange DSTs and Aphorio Carter. In its history, including assets the company sold for over $900 Million, Carter Funds has acquired $6 billion in assets including 90+ properties across the multifamily, industrial, and data center commercial real estate sectors.
At Aphorio Carter, Mr. Carter serves as the Executive Chairman of the Fund and the Sponsor as well as an executive officer of the Manager. In 2017, Mr. Carter founded Carter Funds and serves as Executive Chairman of the Carter Multifamily funds and Executive Chairman of the Carter Exchange DST Funds. In March 2019, Mr. Carter founded and serves as Executive Chairman and member of the Investment Committee of Carter Exchange. From 2009 through 2020, Mr. Carter served in various executive, management, advisory and board capacities for the Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT entities and their affiliates. Mr. Carter has more than 35 years of real estate experience in all aspects of leasing, asset management, acquisitions, finance, investment and corporate advisory services.
Mr. Carter was previously the Vice Chairman and a principal of Carter & Associates, LLC from January 2000 to June 2016. He also is a founding board member of GulfShore Bank, a community bank located in Tampa, Florida, serving on the board from August 2007 until the bank was sold in April 2017. Mr. Carter is a licensed real estate broker, a retired member of the IPA Board and Executive Committee, a member of IPA’s PAC Board, and is a member of NAREIT’s Public Non-Listed REIT Council Executive Committee. Mr. Carter obtained a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.