Tawan Davis

Buy the Block – Building Wealth and Legacy Through Real Estate

A conversation with Tawan Davis, Founding Partner and CEO of The Steinbridge Group, on leveraging urban real estate to create both financial returns and social impact. Tawan will share his journey from Wall Street to building a firm that bridges capital markets expertise with community-centered outcomes. The discussion will explore strategies for addressing structural affordability gaps and using real estate as a tool for intergenerational wealth-building. 

Tawan Davis is the founding partner and CEO of The Steinbridge Group.  Steinbridge has structured and executed over $2.2 billion of institutional investments and is currently focused on developing nearly $1 billion of high-quality residential homes for working families in America’s major metros.

Davis’ leadership combines deep training and experience in finance and economics with a prolific social activism. He began his career as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs and was later a real estate private equity investor with Prudential Financial, leading and managing investments both in Europe and the United States.  Davis later served as Vice President and Head of Public-Private Partnerships for in the administration of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as CIO of a $5 billion national real estate development firm.

Forbes Magazine, the Harvard Business School, and Bloomberg News among others have recognized Davis as one of America’s emerging business, economic, and social leaders.

In addition to leading Steinbridge, Davis is also an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at New York University (NYU).  He has served on the boards of Harlem Hospital, the New York Urban League, the New Horizons Children’s Advocacy Group, and was appointed to the New York Utility Board by Mayor DeBlasio.

Tawan Davis earned his Bachelor’s degree with honors from Georgetown University, a Masters of Sciences degree from England’s Oxford University and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.