Mr. Vallejo has more than 16 years of experience in real estate private equity and investment banking in the U.S. and Latin America. Prior to joining Yellowstone, Mr. Vallejo was a director at Grupo Pegasus, a Latin America-focused investment firm established in 2000. During his time at Grupo Pegasus, Mr. Vallejo invested in and managed real estate assets in a variety of classes including senior living, hospitality, and retail. Before joining Grupo Pegasus, Mr. Vallejo was an associate on the investments team at Equity International and underwrote more than $900 million in real estate investments across industrial/logistics, self-storage, telecom infrastructure, multifamily and for-sale residential portfolios.
Mr. Vallejo started his career at Estrategias Corporativas, a leading Colombian boutique investment bank focused on M&A advisory, where he was involved in landmark transactions for a combined value of $1 billion. Mr. Vallejo obtained a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.