Sam Buchanan ’22

Associate
Starwood Capital Group

Sam is an Associate at Starwood Capital Group in New York City, where he focuses on capital raising and investor relations for the firm’s Private Wealth channel. He covers RIAs, RIA aggregators, family offices, and independent broker-dealers across the Western United States, supporting the full relationship lifecycle – from prospecting and outreach through strategy presentations, due diligence, and ongoing partnership management – across Starwood’s global real assets platform, including core and opportunistic real estate, private credit, real asset-backed lending, venture capital, 1031 DST exchanges, and co-investments.

Prior to Starwood, Sam was a Senior Associate within the Lending Solutions practice at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank, structuring customized loan solutions for high-net-worth individuals and their families.

Sam holds a FINRA Series 7 license and graduated magna cum laude in 2022 from Providence College with a degree in finance. He resides in New York City.