| Birth Date: | 14 March 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Illinois |
| Occupation: | Hedge fund manager |
| Alma Mater: | Indiana University, Harvard Business School[1] |
Quintin E. Primo III (born March 14, 1955) is the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Capri Capital Partners, LLC,[2] one of the largest minority-owned real estate investment management firms in the United States.[3] Primo, whose firm has $6.04 billion in assets under management in domestic and international commercial real estate, is ranked on the Forbes' Top Twenty Richest African American's in the World list.[4] Primo, a regular contributor on CNBC, has been recognized in the real estate industry for his achievements.[5]
In 2000, under Primo's leadership, Capri Capital launched one of the first real estate mezzanine funds.[6] As a minority-owned firm, Capri Capital was also an early investor in under-served urban markets such as South Los Angeles. In 2006, Capri capital purchased Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, a Los Angeles regional mall.
In 2012, Black Enterprise Magazine named Capri Capital as its Financial Services Company of the Year.[7]
In September 2013, under Primo's direction, Capri Capital launched Capri Global Capital, Limited, formed as part of a strategic alliance with Money Matters Financial Services Limited in India. The Indian company was renamed Capri Global Capital Limited.[8] Primo is the non-executive chairman and director of Capri Global Capital Limited's Board of Directors[9] in India. Primo becomes one of, if not the first, African-American to serve on the board of an Indian-registered publicly listed company.
Primo is known for his philanthropy[10] as the founder and chairman of the Primo Center[11] for Women and Children, a transition homeless shelter in West Side, Chicago. He is a 1973 alumnus from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill. He is the son of Episcopal Bishop Quintin E. Primo Jr.[12]