LOU KRUK

Lou Kruk is Chief Executive Officer and President of Inland Institutional, LLC (Inland Institutional). Mr. Kruk oversees Inland Institutional’s strategic growth initiatives, including the development and execution of fund strategy, capital markets activities, institutional investment efforts, operations, and investor relations.

Prior to joining Inland, Mr. Kruk served as Senior Vice President/Managing Director for MetLife Investment Management, where he rose through the ranks over the last two decades. During his time with MetLife, Mr. Kruk held various leadership positions and played a leading role in developing new real estate platforms and strategies, including the launch of MetLife’s real estate third-party investment management platform. He co-led the creation of a multi-billion-dollar open-ended core property fund and served as the head of MetLife’s real estate managed account platform, raising over $5 billion in equity from third-party institutional clients and driving fee revenue growth. In addition to his equity real estate experience, Mr. Kruk served as a portfolio manager in MetLife’s capital markets group, originating commercial mortgage and structured real estate debt investments while creating new, opportunistic lending strategies and deepening borrower and broker relationships. Mr. Kruk was also responsible for promoting platform capabilities globally while cultivating some of MetLife’s largest institutional real estate client relationships.

Mr. Kruk holds a Bachelor of Science and MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University.