The Southern California Chapter
Meet the Chapter Leadership Team
Adnan Tapia
M.Eng ’96
Adnan is CEO of Ploutus Advisors Inc, a real estate investment, development and advisory firm based in Los Angeles. As sponsor, joint venture partner, developer, capital advisor and service provider, his firm delivers end-to-end strategies aimed at benefiting investors, property owners and users. Over the past 28 years, Adnan has worked on 17+ million square feet of real estate transactions across all major property types with investment strategies ranging from core to opportunistic. His experience spans real estate private equity, capital markets advisory, acquisitions and development. Prior to Ploutus Advisors, Adnan co-managed the western U.S. operations and acquisitions for UrbanAmerica, an institutional private equity firm. He has also worked at Cushman & Wakefield, where he evaluated and structured complex transactions and consulted on acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing, advising clients such as O’Melveny Myers, Sempra Energy, Warner Bros., City National Bank as well as several developers and domestic and foreign investors.