David Thompson

David Thompson is the CEO and Founder of Thompson Investing, based in Austin, Texas. He focuses on commercial real estate investing, particularly in value-add apartments, self-storage, and manufactured home parks.1

Thompson has over 20 years of experience in high-tech management positions, including roles at Dell, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies.3 At Lucent, he managed a $2.5B investment portfolio and raised over $1B in funds for acquisitions.3

After leaving the corporate world, Thompson started Thompson Investing, where he has raised significant private equity capital.3 He has helped provide investor funds to purchase over 4000 apartment units worth over $300M and has also sponsored and funded several self-storage and mobile home park deals.3

Thompson holds an MBA in finance from Thunderbird School of Global Management and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree from Arizona State University.13 He is involved as a general partner in over 35 current deals and over 6,000 apartment units across the country.2

His company, Thompson Investing, is affiliated with Phase One Capital, a broker-dealer out of New York, where Thompson has his principal securities license.2