Larry J. Kosmont

Biography

Larry J. Kosmont, CRE® is Chairman and CEO of Kosmont Companies, which he founded in 1986. Kosmont Companies is an industry leader in public/private real estate transactions and economic development. In 1990, he founded Kosmont Realty, a real estate brokerage firm. In 2015, he launched Kosmont Financial Services which sources financing for public/private projects, P3 initiatives, and infrastructure funding. He is a co-principal, California Golden Fund, a USCIS approved EB-5 Regional Center.

Mr. Kosmont’s distinguished 40-year career encompasses public/private financial structuring, negotiation, development, and management of real estate and public finance transactions exceeding $10B. He has assisted hundreds of local government agencies in public finance and real estate matters ranging from large-scale economic development programs to site-specific real estate strategies and projects. He has guided over 1,000 private sector projects in obtaining public approvals, structuring deal terms, and securing public/private financing.

In addition, Mr. Kosmont served as Interim City Administrator, City Manager, Director of Community Development, and Redevelopment Director in the cities of Montebello, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Bell Gardens, and Burbank. He is currently a Municipal Advisor Representative, a licensed real estate broker in California (DRE No. 01182660), and a designated Counselor of Real Estate, CRE®.

A proud graduate of the USC Price School of Public Policy, Mr. Kosmont has been named a Commercial Real Estate Visionary by the Los Angeles Business Journal and has formerly received the California Business Properties Association (CBPA) Champion of the Industry Award for his service in real estate and economic development, and the John H. Nail Award from the League of California Cities for State’s Outstanding Assistant City Manager. His company was named among the Top 100 Minority-Owned Businesses by the L.A. Business Journal and received multiple California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) Awards of Excellence for Economic Development Partnerships.