Margaret Anadu is a Senior Partner at The Vistria Group where she co-founded and leads Real Estate including one of the largest and fastest-growing affordable housing funds in the United States.
Margaret has devoted her career to investing which not only generates strong economic returns, but importantly has a demonstrable positive impact on underserved individuals, families, and communities. Margaret is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts on equitable access to capital having invested over $10 billion across hundreds of transactions throughout the United States and was named one of the most influential figures in U.S. commercial real estate by Commercial Observer and to 40 Under 40 lists by Fortune, Black Enterprise and Crain’s.
Prior to joining Vistria, Margaret was a Partner at Goldman Sachs where she was the Global Head of Sustainability and Impact for Asset Management and head of the Urban Investment Group (GSUIG), the first impact investing platform at a major U.S. financial institution and Goldman Sachs’ primary impact investing business. Under her leadership, GSUIG invested over $2 billion annually in affordable/workforce housing, community facilities, educational space, industrial facilities, green infrastructure, student loans, and small businesses.
In April 2022, Margaret was appointed chair of the board of directors of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. She also serves on the boards of the Urban Institute, New York Presbyterian, Mellon Foundation, the Center for an Urban Future, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
