Barry S. Sternlicht
InvestorChairman & CEO at Starwood Capital Group · Co-Chief Trading Officer at Flow Traders
The Randstad, Netherlands
About
Founder of Starwood Capital Group (1991) and Chairman & CEO, also Chairman & CEO of Starwood Property Trust. Previously founded and led Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and created the W Hotels and 1 Hotels brands.
Experience
- Flow TradersCo-Chief Trading Officercurrent2025 — present
- Flow TradersMember of the Management Board Flow Traders B.V.current2024 — present
- Flow TradersGlobal Head Of Trading2024 — 2025
- Flow TradersHead Of Trading2021 — 2023Netherlands
- Flow TradersManaging Director / Head of Trading2019 — 2021New York City en omgeving, Verenigde Staten
- Flow TradersHead of Trading2018 — 2019Amsterdam en omgeving, Nederland
- Flow TradersTrader2013 — 2018Amsterdam
- Erasmus University Rotterdamstudent assistent2013Rotterdam
- Studievereniging VRiSBICommissaris Activiteiten2011 — 2013Rotterdam
- Tog NederlandSoftware ontwikkelaar2011 — 2013
- Erasmus University RotterdamStudentassistent2010 — 2012
- voetbalvereniging DOVOCoördinator oefenwedstrijden2010 — 2012Veenendaal
Skills & more
Econometrics4Economics1Strategic Thinking2Econometric Modeling1Financial Risk1Financial Econometrics2Matlab1
Languages Engels · Nederlands
From Barry's professional profile.
Colleagues at Starwood Capital Group
Alice Gentile
Adviser – Safeguarding and Organisational Development, President's Office at Oak Foundation
Andrew J. Sossen
Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer at Starwood Capital Group
Austin Nowlin
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Markets at Starwood Capital Group
Christopher D. Graham
Senior Adviser at Starwood Capital Group
Duncan MacPherson
Senior Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, International at Starwood Capital Group
Ellis F. Rinaldi
Senior Managing Director, Co-General Counsel at Starwood Capital Group
Esther Nørregård-Nielsen
Director, Oak Foundation Denmark at Oak Foundation
Jeffrey G. Dishner
Vice Chairman at Starwood Capital Group
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Barry S. Sternlicht?
- Founder of Starwood Capital Group (1991) and Chairman & CEO, also Chairman & CEO of Starwood Property Trust. Previously founded and led Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and created the W Hotels and 1 Hotels brands.
- Where does Barry S. Sternlicht work?
- Barry S. Sternlicht is Chairman & CEO at Starwood Capital Group.
- Where did Barry S. Sternlicht go to school?
- Barry S. Sternlicht studied at Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Quantitative Finance); Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Entrepreneurship and Strategy Economics); Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus Honours Programme).
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Also attended Utrecht University137
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Shared employers
Also worked at Flow Traders13
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Also worked at Erasmus University Rotterdam10
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