Ivan Kaufman - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Ivan Kaufman
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Ivan Kaufman is the President and CEO of Arbor Residential Mortgage, LLC. He has more than two decades of real estate finance experience and extensive residential mortgage experience as the founder of Arbor National Holdings, Inc. and its premier lending subsidiary Arbor Mortgage, Inc. Kaufman began the business in 1983 and Arbor Mortgage became the leading provider of residential mortgage loans in the tri-state region.

Under Mr. Kaufman’s direction, Arbor Mortgage became a public company and grew to 25 branches in eight states before it was sold to Bank America Corporation in 1995. Mr. Kaufman sold Arbor National Holdings but retained the commercial side of the business, creating the platform for Arbor Commercial Mortgage, of which he is Chairman and CEO. This business eventually created the platform for, Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR), a publicly traded commercial real estate investment trust that provides tailored lending solutions to the commercial and multifamily markets.

Mr. Kaufman earned a Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Boston University.