Mr. Grudzinski is the Managing Partner of Empire Capital Advisors and a Partner and Head of Capital Markets for the Empire Group of Companies. In this role, Randy spearheads the equity capital formation for all of Empire’s private placement offerings and has been working with his partners Richard Felker and Geoff Jacobs since 2009 (and as a Partner at Empire since 2013). Since working with Empire, Randy and his team have raised over $900 MM of equity across 40+ separate 506(b) Reg D investment programs constituting over $3 B of total asset value. Supporting his efforts is a network of over 25 Broker Dealer and 15 RIA firms whose underlying independent financial advisors utilize Empire’s unique real estate investment offerings as financial planning instruments for their accredited clients. To-date, Empire’s network of active advisors (e.g. those utilizing Empire-sponsored investment programs) exceeds 200 with Empire’s current accredited investor count totaling over 5,000 active investors. Prior to joining Empire, Mr. Grudzinski was a Managing Director at a Chicago-based, late-stage private equity investment bank and a Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for another Chicago-based real estate sponsor focused on purchasing and redeveloping retail real estate properties throughout the U.S. Earlier in this career, Randy served as a Principal in the Chicago offices of two strategic consulting firms, Diamond Technology Partners and Kuczmarski & Associates, and as a Senior Vice President and member of the founding management team of DigitalWork.com, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson-backed provider of online small business services. Mr. Grudzinski is a High Honors graduate of the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Grudzinski also is a graduate of DePauw University and the London School of Economics – earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. Mr. Grudzinski is a FINRA registered representative with Series 22, 24, 28, 62, 63, 79 and 99 designations. Randy has been married to his wife Molly for 25+ years and they both are the proud parents of two college- aged children. Randy and Molly make their home in Scottsdale, Arizona and have a summer home in the Harbor Country area on the southeast shore of Lake Michigan.
Randy Grudzinski
Mr. Grudzinski is the Managing Partner of Empire Capital Advisors and a Partner and Head of Capital Markets for the Empire Group of Companies. In this role, Randy spearheads the equity capital formation for all of Empire’s private placement offerings and has been working with his partners Richard Felker and Geoff Jacobs since 2009 (and as a Partner at Empire since 2013). Since working with Empire, Randy and his team have raised over $900 MM of equity across 40+ separate 506(b) Reg D investment programs constituting over $3 B of total asset value. Supporting his efforts is a network of over 25 Broker Dealer and 15 RIA firms whose underlying independent financial advisors utilize Empire’s unique real estate investment offerings as financial planning instruments for their accredited clients. To-date, Empire’s network of active advisors (e.g. those utilizing Empire-sponsored investment programs) exceeds 200 with Empire’s current accredited investor count totaling over 5,000 active investors. Prior to joining Empire, Mr. Grudzinski was a Managing Director at a Chicago-based, late-stage private equity investment bank and a Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for another Chicago-based real estate sponsor focused on purchasing and redeveloping retail real estate properties throughout the U.S. Earlier in this career, Randy served as a Principal in the Chicago offices of two strategic consulting firms, Diamond Technology Partners and Kuczmarski & Associates, and as a Senior Vice President and member of the founding management team of DigitalWork.com, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson-backed provider of online small business services. Mr. Grudzinski is a High Honors graduate of the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Grudzinski also is a graduate of DePauw University and the London School of Economics – earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. Mr. Grudzinski is a FINRA registered representative with Series 22, 24, 28, 62, 63, 79 and 99 designations. Randy has been married to his wife Molly for 25+ years and they both are the proud parents of two college- aged children. Randy and Molly make their home in Scottsdale, Arizona and have a summer home in the Harbor Country area on the southeast shore of Lake Michigan.
