Managing Owner, Trophy Point Investment Group
Samir Patel (M.S. ’20) is an Atlanta-based entrepreneur with a career spanning finance, real estate, education and military service. He is the managing partner of Trophy Point Investment Group, a private real estate lending company that specializes in providing loans to members of the military community. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Patel is also an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he supports missions across the Middle East and previously served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Patel is a part-time instructor in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, teaching real estate entrepreneurship, and offers Panthers hands-on experience through internships and by hiring alumni. The longtime Atlanta resident also gives back to the community by teaching, volunteering and mentoring other entrepreneurs.