Mr. Ruddy serves as President of Bluerock Acquisition Corp. He joined Bluerock in 2002 and has continuously served in various senior management capacities for Bluerock and its affiliates.
Mr. Ruddy served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from August 2008 to October 2022. In addition, Mr. Ruddy has served as President of Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund, as well as co-portfolio manager of its adviser Bluerock Fund Advisor, since October 2013; as President of Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund since 2022; and as President of Bluerock Industrial Growth REIT, Inc. and its external manager, Bluerock Industrial Manager, LLC, since 2021.
Mr. Ruddy has approximately 30 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, financings, management and dispositions. Prior to joining Bluerock, Mr. Ruddy served as a real estate investment banker at Banc of America Securities LLC and Smith Barney Inc., as well as Vice President of Amerimar Enterprises, a real estate company specializing in value-added investments nationwide, where he managed acquisitions, financings, leasing, asset management and dispositions involving over 1.5 million square feet of commercial and multifamily real estate. Mr. Ruddy received an M.B.A. degree in Finance and Real Estate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree with high honors in Economics from the London School of Economics.