Rafi Golberstein is a commercial real estate finance veteran with nearly 20 years of experience in CRE structured finance, loan origination, and equity investments. He founded PACE Loan Group in 2017, growing the company to over 35 employees and driving an annual revenue growth rate of over 50% since 2021. 

Prior to founding PLG, Rafi spent his career on Wall Street, where he was a Managing Director at Ladder Capital, a publicly traded REIT. At Ladder, Rafi focused on CMBS origination, balance sheet, and mezzanine loans as well as equity investments. He also worked at Gramercy Capital, conducting asset management and loan workouts, and at Credit Suisse in its large loan commercial real estate group. 

Throughout his career, Rafi has originated and closed over $3.5 billion of commercial real estate loans throughout the country. Rafi has a BS degree from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.