#46 Ben Weinberg | Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Castle Peak Holding & Trailborn

Ben Weinberg is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Castle Peak Holdings and Trailborn. 

Castle Peak is an investment and operating platform with a singular focus on hotels and resorts in supply-constrained outdoor destination markets across North America: National Park gateway towns, beach towns, lake towns, ski resorts, and wine country.

Trailborn is their market leading hospitality brand that operates all 7 properties and 559 rooms of the Castle Peak portfolio which recently entered into a long term agreement with the Marriott platform. 

 

- This episode of The Deal Ranch Podcast is presented by https://huckscurryadvisors.com/

 

Conversation Topics

• Career pre-Castle Peak at Goldman, TPG, and Sixth Street
• Path to first fund ($100M) & first deal
• Deal structure and investment philosophy 
• Rebranding newly acquired assets
• Their recent Marriott Bonvoy Partnership

 

Connect with Ben, Castle Peak Holdings, and Trailborn

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-weinberg-29644156/
• https://www.castlepeakholdings.com/ 
• https://www.trailborn.com/ 

 

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