James Ryffel
Founder & President, Woodcrest Management
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Founder and President of Woodcrest Capital and Woodcrest Enterprises
Phone (817) 914-8102
Founder and President of Woodcrest Capital and Woodcrest Enterprises
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Specialty
Markets
Dallas/Ft Worth, Phoenix, Tulsa
Bio
James A. Ryffel is founder and President of Woodcrest Capital and Woodcrest Enterprises, Inc., which was founded in 1981 to pursue investments opportunities, broker and acquire commercial and multifamily real estate, operates under Woodcrest Real Estate and Woodcrest Management.
Ryffel is the Manager and founding Partner of Woodcrest Capital, LLC, a Fort Worth, Texas based diversified investment and venture finance firm. Ryffel was a founding investor and former director of Flashnet Communications, Inc., one of the largest Internet Service Providers (ISP) in North America. The company was sold to Mexico-based, Prodigy. Mr. Ryffel was also the founding investor in Data Tailor Corporation, a past winner of Macintosh Software of the Year. Through Woodcrest Capital, Ryffel is a participant in strategic investing for the oil and gas, media, entertainment, technology, software, healthcare, ranching, and banking industries. He serves as President and member of the Board of Directors of the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the high Adventure and Philmont Ranch committee for the Boy Scouts of America, benefactor and founder of the Ryffel Entrepreneurship Center at Texas Christian University, and a founding board member of Camp Eagle, a Christian camp for children located in the Texas hill country.
Woodcrest Portfolio and Partnerships own properties throughout Texas and is primarily concentrated in neighborhood retail, suburban office and strategically located land on freeways, major arteries and is the path of rapid growth for housing, which includes proposed thoroughfares and arteries.
Ryffel is a founding partner of Inventity Group, a professional consulting practice that creates, guides, and expands businesses on behalf of it's clients and partners. The Inventity Team seeks to apply their knowledge and creativity to create value for enterprises around the world.
General Partners of Inventity Group are located in California and Tokyo. The general partners have been involved for many years in technology, venture capital, and served as advisors and senior management to companies in areas of strategic planning, product development and marketing.
Inventity's current fund, named the Inventity Global Fund II, LP, will concentrate on technology and logistics companies. Current fund investments include New Vine Logistics, On Ramp, Fortify and LignUp.
Woodcrest Oil and Gas was founded in 1998 to take advantage of the cheapest oil and gas prices. Woodcrest Oil and Gas currently owns a portfolio of working and royalty interests in Texas and currently active in the Barnett Shale gas opportunities in North Texas.
Mr. Ryffel holds a B.B.A. Degree, MBA Degree, and Ranch Management Certification from Texas Christian University. He is a native of Bozeman, Montana. He lives with his family in Fort Worth, Texas.
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