Richard J. Aslanian
Director, FREIT
Details:
- Location: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
- Position: Director, FREIT
- Experience: 35+ Years in Law, Finance & Corporate Leadership
About Info:
Richard J. Aslanian has served as a director since April 2018. His current term as a member of the Board is scheduled to expire at the 2024 annual meeting of FREIT’s stockholders.
Mr. Aslanian is the Co-Founder of Welcome Home Brands, LLC, a distributor of imported paper and plastic bakeware products that services cruise lines, hotels, casinos, and food service companies. He co-founded the company in 2010.
Professional Experience
From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Aslanian was the Chief Executive Officer, sole Managing Member, and founder of Blue Ram Capital Management, LLC, which managed an investment partnership of public equities in developed markets. Prior to that, he served as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1991 to 2006, where he co-headed one of the firm’s leading wealth management teams.
Earlier in his career, from 1985 to 1991, Mr. Aslanian practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, focusing on corporate and tax matters, as well as public and private mergers and acquisitions. He established the Richard J. Aslanian Scholarship Fund at the University of Pennsylvania and has served on the boards of multiple charitable organizations, including the Partnership for Inner-City Education, the Harrison Educational Foundation, and the Armenian Church Endowment Fund.
Education
Mr. Aslanian graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the Columbia University School of Law with honors as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar in each of the three years of law school.