Caesar Nguyen
Director of Acquisitions
HLC Equity

As Director of Acquisitions for HLC Equity, Caesar’s responsibilities include sourcing, analyzing, and due diligence for new property acquisitions. Before joining HLC, Caesar worked for Common Living (a global residential brand and coliving operator) as their Head of East Coast Real Estate. Caesar oversaw real estate partnerships and Co-GP investments and helped grow the firm’s portfolio from 1,000 units to 25,000+ units within 4 years. Prior to Common, Caesar worked in real estate investment banking at Macquarie Capital and was involved in $3B of debt and equity investments across all asset classes. Caesar received a Master of Public Relations from the State University of New York at Albany. He worked as Director of Public Relations at New York State Legislature before switching his career to finance.

Fun Fact: While attending university, Caesar played poker online professionally. It started as a necessity (since he was not allowed to work as an international student and needed to figure out how to pay for his tuition and living expenses). Over time, he became good at playing multi-table Limit Hold’em, and accumulated over 400,000 hours playing online poker.