Sinnott, Robert — Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Sinnott, Robert — Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Robert Sinnott

Co-Chairman

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

THE LATEST: Sinnot shares a chairman position with Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors founder Richard Kayne. His firm was active this spring despite the coronavirus downturn. In April, Kayne Anderson purchased two properties in Florida: a medical office complex in Lake Worth Beach for $7.3 million and a self-storage facility in West Palm Beach for $14.5 million.

BACKGROUND: After he was elevated to co-chairman of Kayne Anderson in 2016, Sinnot stepped down as chief executive to give way to Mike Levitt, the firm's current CEO. Sinnott joined Kayne Anderson in 1992 and helped grow the firm's energy unit into a $16 billion portfolio. Before joining Kayne Anderson, Sinnot worked for Citibank, United Energy Resources and Bank of America. Sinnot earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA in finance from the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University.

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