Luminaries 2026

Marc C. Ganzi (P’23) is chief executive officer at DigitalBridge and has been an investor and operator in the digital infrastructure sector for more than 30 years. He has led DigitalBridge’s transformation to become a premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment.

Ganzi originally founded Digital Bridge Holdings in 2013 and, as its CEO, built the firm into a leading global manager of digital infrastructure assets with more than $20 billion in assets under management, until its merger in July 2019 into the current public company, DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

Previously, Ganzi founded Global Tower Partners (“GTP”), which grew to become one of the largest privately-owned tower companies in the U.S. under his leadership before being acquired by American Tower Corporation in 2013 for $4.8 billion. At GTP, Ganzi executed a series of strategic acquisitions, build-to-suit agreements with wireless carriers and financings in the credit markets.

Prior to the formation of GTP, Ganzi worked as a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners from 2000 to 2002 where he oversaw the institution’s investments in the Latin American tower sector. Before joining DB Capital, he co-founded and served as President of Apex Site Management, one of the largest third-party managers of wireless and wireline communication sites in the United States. In 2000, Apex merged with SpectraSite Communications to create one of the largest telecommunications site portfolios in the United States at the time.

Ganzi received a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business in 1993. He was a Board Member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association from 2008 to 2017 and served as Chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission.

Nick Azrack joined Baupost in 2009 and leads the firm’s real estate investment team. In his role he oversees investments in a variety of real estate opportunities, including real estate-related securities, development and redevelopment opportunities across asset classes, distressed debt secured by real estate, lending, and land. Prior to joining Baupost, he was an analyst at Vornado Realty Trust in New York City. Azrack graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in political economy.

Tyler Henritze is the founder and managing partner of Town Lane, where he oversees all aspects of the business.

Prior to founding Town Lane, Henritze spent 19 years at Blackstone (2004-2023) where he was a partner and head of strategic investments for Blackstone real estate Americas, head of real estate acquisitions Americas, and was a member of Blackstone’s global real estate investment committee. As the co-head and head of real estate acquisitions Americas, he helped oversee $88 billion of equity deployed. Tyler received a B.S. in Commerce from The McIntire School at the University of Virginia.

Erin Dixon is a partner at Sterling Investors, where she leads asset management and business development and is also a member of Sterling’s Investment Committee. Before joining Sterling, Dixon spent over 12 years at Northwood Investors, working in both New York City and London for 8 years. Her focus was on real estate acquisitions across various property sectors in the United States and Europe.  Prior to her tenure at Northwood, she worked in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Dixon graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where she earned a double major in finance and accounting, along with a minor in English.