About
Roman Pedan is the founder and CEO of Kasa, a company that provides accommodations for business and family travelers across a range of locations. Kasa partners with property owners to manage their portfolios and has developed a proprietary hospitality operating system to support its operations.
Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Kasa
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Co-founders at Kasa
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Craig MinoffChief Product Officer & Head of Company Ops (Founding Team)
Experience
- KasaFounder & CEOcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Columbia UniversityAdjunct Professor - Leveraging Data & AI for Real Estatecurrent2026 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- KKR & Co. L.P.Real Estate Private Equity Investor2012 — 2015New York City
- Bridge the Void, LLCCo-Founder2009 — 2015
- Walton Street CapitalAssociate2010 — 2012Chicago
- CitiSummer Analyst - Quantitative CMBS Trading2009New York, NY
Skills & more
Excel4VBAPythonJavaMicrosoft Excel1ARGUS3Programming2Real Estate Investment1DebtRetailFinancial Modeling26Asset Management1
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Due DiligenceAcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentVenture CapitalInvestment BankingCapital MarketsDue diligenceFinancial AnalysisCorporate FinanceInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementPrivate EquityLanguages English · Russian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Roman Pedan?
- Roman Pedan is the founder and CEO of Kasa, a company that provides accommodations for business and family travelers across a range of locations. Kasa partners with property owners to manage their portfolios and has developed a proprietary hospitality operating system to support its operations.
- Where does Roman Pedan work?
- Roman Pedan is Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Kasa.
- What companies did Roman Pedan found?
- Roman Pedan founded Kasa.
- Where did Roman Pedan go to school?
- Roman Pedan studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); The Wharton School (Bachelors of Science in Economics, Finance); University of Pennsylvania (Bachelors of Science, Computer Science).
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