Colin Wiel

An engineer, artificial intelligence patent-holder, and serial entrepreneur, Wiel began his career at Boeing, where he designed algorithms to improve automatic control systems on airplanes. After running a java programming consultancy that built early e-commerce systems like Charles Schwab’s trading website, Wiel partnered with Brien to launch Waypoint Homes in 2009. Wiel led the tech, mergers and acquisitions, and fundraising teams at Waypoint all the way to the NYSE, where Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (SWAY) debuted its IPO in 2014.

Together, Doug and Colin transformed the real estate industry. Their book, The Big Long, tells the story of how they built Waypoint and established single-family residential as a legitimate institutional investment.