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In just five years, Mark Hafner grew HASTA Capital into a $1 billion company. Today, he is expanding their multifamily operations abroad. Mark’s fascination with where people live, and building something new, began early in life. Growing up in Rochester, New York, he would stare up at buildings and cranes from the car window and wonder: Who built those? And what were they for? “Even today when I’m driving, my wife yells at me, ‘You’ll crash the car if you don’t stop looking at all those cranes,” he laughed. Mark’s interest in construction and cranes led him to Harvard Business School to study business and real estate. He then moved to Charleston, South Carolina to work for a budding company called Greystar, now the largest operator of apartments in the U.S. While at Greystar, Mark’s role expanded significantly, and he ultimately led the company’s international expansion into Europe and Latin America. He oversaw the investment and development of over 30,000 residential units and over $9 billion of multifamily rental properties and student housing.