Kyle Meyer
Chairman and CEO, Second Street Capital, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Phone (954) 848-6250
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Markets
South Florida
Bio
Mr. Meyer is the President of Ironshore Capital. His career in the financial and real estate industries spans more than 30 years.
Mr. Meyer has been an active entrepreneur in real estate finance since 1993. From 2000-2007, he was the president and chief executive officer of BuilderFinancial Corp., a mezzanine lender to small to medium sized homebuilders in Florida and the Southeastern United States. In 1999, Mr. Meyer participated in the launch of “everbank.com,” a successful online commercial bank. From 1993-2000, Mr. Meyer was a pioneer in the online lending industry. He founded American Finance & Investment Inc. in 1993, recognized as the first company to originate a loan over the Internet and one of the early success stories in online lending.
Mr. Meyer also has considerable experience as a residential developer and builder. In 1984, Mr. Meyer and a partner purchased a Ryan Homes franchise in Northern Virginia. After successfully developing that franchise, Mr. Meyer sold his interest in 1988 and formed his own residential development and construction company, Chadwick American, Inc. Chadwick American’s metropolitan D.C. operations were sold in 1989 to a large New Jersey-based homebuilder. In 1990, Mr. Meyer and four partners started Chadwick International, Inc., a company that designed, exported and erected modular housing overseas.
Mr. Meyer started his career in the mid-1970’s with Merrill Lynch, specializing in public REIT’s and real estate limited partnerships. Mr. Meyer is a graduate of American University, holding a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Finance.
