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Lima One Capital names new CEO

Staff Report //January 30, 2018//

Lima One Capital names new CEO

Staff Report //January 30, 2018//

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Greenville-based Lima One Capital has hired Jeff Tennyson as CEO. Lima One Capital founder John Warren will remain chairman and serve as an adviser to the company’s executive leadership team and assist in leading the strategic growth of the company.

Jeff TennysonTennyson brings more than 30 years of industry experience to his new position. Prior to Lima One Capital, he was president of Clayton Holdings, CEO of B2R Finance, and served as CEO of EquiFirst, a wholesale mortgage provider, during his 12-year tenure at the company. 

“I am honored to have been selected by John and the board to follow him as CEO of Lima One Capital,” said Tennyson, in a news release. “John and his team have built a terrific company with innovative lending products and best-in-class service assisting real estate investors across the nation. I am very impressed with our people, the management team, the lending platform, and the bright future of Lima One Capital.”

Lima One Capital is headquartered in Greenville has more than 80 full-time employees and hundreds of contract workers, according to the release.

“We have had tremendous growth and success at Lima One Capital. I am very proud of our associates that have worked so hard to make us the nation’s premier lender for real estate investors and I am proud that we have done it headquartered in South Carolina,” said Warren, in the release. “I have decided to focus on more strategic growth opportunities for our company and have brought on an experienced lending executive to take Lima One to new levels of growth and success. Jeff’s experience and leadership in mortgage lending and his success in growing financial services businesses provide Lima One with a perfect background for our next CEO.”