Previously, Jason helped pioneer the affordable luxury hotel segment as YOTEL’s Chief Development Officer. As head of the company’s global growth strategy, Jason led the expansion of the brand from one 700-key city center hotel in New York to more than 3,500 keys across major gateway markets in North America, Europe and Asia. As a result, Starwood Capital Group made a strategic investment into YOTEL in 2017. Jason joined YOTEL from Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, where he served in various roles across acquisitions & development, corporate finance & strategy and investment management on behalf of Kimpton’s discretionary private equity real estate funds (now KHP Capital Partners). Jason began his professional career as a consultant with Ernst & Young in their Transaction Real Estate & Hospitality group. He is a graduate of Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration where he currently serves on the advisory board for the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship.
Jason Brown
Co-Founder & CEO
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Blue Flag Capital
As Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Flag Capital, Jason is responsible for leading the company’s overall corporate strategy, investment activities, fund management and asset/brand development. Blue Flag is a Boston, MA based real estate investment firm with over $750 million of assets under management across multiple hotel private equity funds and investment platforms. Blue Flag’s current portfolio spans luxury boutique hotels and restaurants in high barrier resort markets such as Nantucket (MA), Martha’s Vineyard (MA), Sag Harbor (NY), Greenport (NY), Montauk (NY) and Jackson Hole (WY), including award winning hotel brands such as Faraway Hotels.
