CRE's Next Generation: Oak Investment CEO Erik Murray Invests In Black Developers When Other Firms Hesitate
Erik Murray is taking efforts to diversify the commercial real estate industry into his own hands. Murray is CEO and managing partner of Oakland-based Oak Investment Funds, an investment firm growing its record of giving minority developers and opportunities a look when major players don’t. As a Black man in a business where the vast majority of decision-makers are White, Murray, 38, has focused on giving Black entrepreneurs a chance in an effort to inspire future leaders of color in the big-money business. Courtesy of Erik Murray Oak Investment Funds co-founder and Managing ...