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Gold Leaf Farming
Gold Leaf Farming ("the Company") is a leading farmland investment and management company focused on specialty farmland in California and Arizona. The Company holds traditional farming values in high regard: taking pride in quality operations, only buying farms they would be happy to own forever, and staying grounded in values like hard work, responsibility, and integrity. As next-generation growers, the Company builds upon that tradition, focusing on sustainability, responsible employment, and technology. Since its inception in 2017, the Company (within Gold Leaf Farming LP and two other vehicles) has acquired 27 different farms, which aggregate to a total of ~12,000+ acres and over $200m in equity invested. Going forward, as our portfolio reaches full maturity and full conversion to organic, GLF LP will target mid-teens IRR driven by cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits.
https://www.goldleaf.ag/
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Jack McCarthyCo-founder & CEO -
Brandon RebieroCo-founder & Head of Farming -
Josh GuggenheimVP of Acquisitions -
Jackie ZielkeVP of Operations -
Dan HirstVP of Finance -
Ryan HackettDirector of Farming
Jack is a Co-Founder and the CEO of GLF. Jack leads GLF’s investment efforts as well as the general management and operations of GLF. Since inception, GLF has purchased nearly 12,000 acres of farmland in the western US. Jack is an investor with experience working with and investing in businesses in the food and agriculture space, focusing on specialty crops over the last five years.
Before founding GLF, Jack was an investor at TPG, served as a policy advisor to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Economics from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Brandon is a Co-Founder and the Head of Farming of Gold Leaf Farming, where he leads the firm’s farming efforts. Brandon is a tree nut grower, manager, and consultant and has overseen approximately 20,000 acres of crops throughout California in his career.
Before founding GLF, Brandon worked closely with private investment firm Trinitas Partners, which built a portfolio of over 10,000 acres of almonds throughout the state. Brandon played a significant role with Trinitas, including managing and advising on due diligence, plant science, orchard development, orchard management, investor relations, and strategic planning. In his spare time, Brandon is a partner in Rebiero Brothers, LLC, a small almond grower in Stanislaus County, CA. As a small grower, he is still intimately involved in every aspect of the business, from driving tractors to farm strategy.
As Vice President of Acquisitions, Josh focuses on sourcing, assessing, and capitalizing on farmland investment opportunities. Josh also plays an important role in water strategy at Gold Leaf. Prior to Gold Leaf, Josh was a Senior Associate at Lightview Capital, a NY-based private equity firm focused on business services. Prior to Lightview, Josh worked as a turnaround specialist at Alvarez and Marsal. Josh started his career at Deutsche Bank.
Josh has a B.A. in Economics from Emory University and is working on his M.B.A. at Berkeley-Haas
Jackie is the Vice President of Operations, where she develops and leads the firm's farm operational strategy and is responsible for the entire farming team.
Before GLF, Jackie worked for Home Chef as the VP of Fulfillment, where she led the overall operational efforts in producing e-commerce and retail meal kits across the country and leading the company's logistics, skills training, and safety strategy. Prior to Home Chef, Jackie worked at Sysco Foods as a Food Safety Program Manager and Reinhart Foodservice, where she held a number of different roles, including being the Plant Manager of their custom cut meat processing plant
Dan is the VP of Finance at GLF. Prior to joining GLF in 2020, Dan spent over ten years at Teays River Investments, a food agriculture holding company, where he led the creation and development of the finance function in a high-growth environment. Prior to Teays, Dan was an audit senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in both the United Kingdom and the United States, serving public and private companies primarily in the private equity, real estate, and financial services industries.
Dan is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Fellow Chartered Accountant
Ryan is the Director of Farm Ops, managing farm operations for Central and Southern California.
Before joining Gold Leaf, Ryan worked as a tree nut grower and crop consultant in the Central Valley of California. For most of his career, Ryan worked with Gold Leaf founder Brandon Rebiero at Wilbur-Ellis advising Trinitas Partners and other California growers as an agronomist.
Ryan attended CSU Fresno State, where he obtained a B.S. in Plant Science – Plant Health. While attending Fresno State, Ryan first met Brandon working as his intern. Ryan grew up around ag, where his family farms in the Oakdale area
| Entity | Location | Asset Type | Equity Invested* | Realized | Unrealized* | Realized MoM | Unrealized MoM | Total MoM | ||||
| GLF LP | Various - California | Existing Tree Nut Orchards | $104,380,796 | $6,940,112 | $108,610,222 | 0.07x | 1.04x | 1.11x | ||||
| Route 66 LP | Mohave County, AZ | Raw Land / Tree Nut Development | $57,208,178 | $16,634,394 | $76,826,343 | 0.29x | 1.34x | 1.63x | ||||
| QOZB LP | Various - California | Raw Land / Tree Nut Development | $36,290,637 | $0 | $49,536,947 | 0.00x | 1.37x | 1.37x | ||||
| Other | Kern/Imperial Counties, California | Existing Date/Almond Orchards (Separate) | $8,375,000 | $90,000 | $8,612,368 | 0.01x | 1.03x | 1.04x | ||||
| Total | All | Total Portfolio | $206,254,611 | $23,664,506 | $243,585,879 | 0.11x | 1.18x | 1.29x | ||||
*Only common equity values are listed. Excludes redemption Equity Interests
This includes all deals managed by the Company
The track record above does not include the ~10,000 acres Brandon Rebeiro developed at a previous employer. Most of these acres were sold to an institutional investor.
The above bios and track record were provided by Gold Leaf Farming and have not been independently verified by RealtyMogul.
Gold Leaf Farming intends to make distributions from Gold Lead Farming LP as follows:
Annual(1)
- Distributions to Common Equity Interests are apportioned in accordance with their Capital Percentages(2)
Upon Exit/Liquidation(1)
- After settlement of all GLF LP's obligations, the remaining proceeds will be paid to the Partners in accordance with their positive capital account balances. See LPA and PPM for further details
(1) Refer to the PPM and LPA for a full description of distributions
(2) Partners may request that they not receive all or a portion of the distributions they would be entitled to.
Gold Leaf Farming intends to make distributions to investors after the payment of the company's liabilities (loan payments, operating expenses, and other fees as more specifically set forth in the LLC agreements, in addition to any member loans or returns due on member loan).
Distributions are expected to start in April 2025 and are projected to continue on a quarterly basis thereafter. Distributions are at the discretion of Gold Leaf Farming, who may decide to delay distributions for any reason, including maintenance or capital reserves.
Gold Leaf Farming will receive a promoted/carried interest as indicated above.
Certain fees and compensation will be paid over the life of the transaction; please refer to Gold Leaf Farming's materials for details. The following fees and compensation will be paid(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7):
| One-Time Fees: | |||
| Type of Fee | Amount of Fee | Received By | Paid From |
| Acquisition Fee | Greater of $100K or 1% of the cost of acquisition | Sponsor | Cash Flow |
| Refinancing Fee(6) | 1% of additional debt obtained | Sponsor | Cash Generated by Refinancing |
| Disposition Fee(7) | Greater of $100K or 1% of gross sales price | Sponsor | Cash Generated at Sale |
| Technology Solution Licensing Fee(2) | Flat one-time licensing fees of $15,000 plus $1,500 per each prospective investor onboarded by Sponsor through its license and use of RM Technologies’ Technology Solution | RM Technologies, LLC |
Capitalization (at Sponsor’s discretion) |
| Recurring Fees: | |||
| Type of Fee | Amount of Fee | Received By | Paid From |
| Operations Oversight Fee(3) | 2.0% per annum of net asset value | Sponsor | Cash Flow |
| Promote/Carried Interest(4) | 20% over a 6% compounded annual return, vesting over a four year period | Sponsor | Paid in Common Equity Interests |
| GIC Allocation(5) | 5% of imputed cash flow | Employees of Sponsor | Cash Flow |
| Administration Solution Licensing Fee(2) | Flat quarterly licensing fee of $125 per investor serviced by Sponsor through the license and use of RM Technologies’ Administration Solution | RM Technologies, LLC | Cash Flow |
(1) Fees may be deferred to reduce impact to investor distributions.
(2) Please see the Fees and Disclaimers sections below for additional information concerning fees paid to RM Technologies, LLC.
(3) This is the management fee that is calculated and paid quarterly
(4) Refer to LPA and PPM for further details
(5) This is the employee incentive pool. Calculated annually, this is calculated on positive imputed cash flows on a farm-by-farm basis, without reduction or adjustment for any farms whose imputed cash flow is negative. Employee participation is 5% of imputed farm cash flow on a farm-by-farm basis. Employees receive a tie of the actual farm cash flow to align incentives and is calculated on a farm-specific basis so that employees on farms that outperform will be automatically compensated better than employees of farms that underperform. Refer to LPA and PPM for further details.
(6) Reduced (but not below zero) by any fees paid to mortgage broker or other similar banker or intermediary
(7) Reduced (but not below zero) by any amount of any brokerage fees or similar fees paid to outside listing and procuring brokers or similar intermediaries
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