Stan Baratz

Mr. Stan Baratz is Investment Team Member at Rational Equity LLC.
In addition to his role at Rational Equity, Mr. Baratz is the founder and president of Baratz Financial, Inc., a Minneapolis-based company specializing in the private placement of debt and equity for growing Midwestern companies.
Prior to founding Baratz Financial, he served as a partner and executive vice president at Welsh Companies.
During his tenure at Welsh Companies, the company grew to become the largest property management firm in the state with over 16 million sq.
ft.
of industrial, office, retail, and multifamily properties under management.
In addition, Mr. Baratz arranged over $400 million in permanent and construction loans and oversaw the company many syndication efforts and supervised over $100 million in acquisition and disposition activities.
Before joining Welsh Companies, He was the senior vice president of Northland Financial Co. where he originated, underwrote and placed over $450 million in commercial real estate transactions.
Mr. Baratz received his MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and his B.A.
from American University.