Stephane De Baets
Stephane De Baets is the Founder and President of Elevated Returns, an international asset management firm. He is also the Founder and Owner of Chefs Club, a restaurant group that features a rotating residency of chefs from around the world. De Baets is a real estate, hospitality, and investment entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in asset management, financial structuring, and mergers and acquisitions. He has advised companies in both Asia and the US and has significant experience and professional networks in both real estate and hospitality. A pioneer in blockchain-based real estate investing, De Baets facilitated the first major commercial real estate transaction using blockchain technology.
Stephane De Baets Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and President
Academic History
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M.B.A., Marketing and Finance
Elevated Returns has controlling ownership of the prestigious St. Regis Aspen and other commercial properties around the globe.
The firm's portfolio of Class A real estate investment assets, which include properties in the United States, Southeast Asia and Europe.
Through the firm, he facilitated the first major commercial real estate transaction using blockchain technology to sell ownership stakes in the Aspen St. Regis Resort.
He is a pioneer in security token having successfully launched the Aspen Coin.
CAREER
Over the years, De Baets has developed a fully compliant and regulated ecosystem in Thailand.
Legendary Wall Street short seller Marc Cohodes has referred to him as “The Steve jobs of Token”.
He is also the Founder and Owner of Chefs Club, a restaurant group with a rotating residency of world-class chefs at its locations in Aspen and New York City.
He has been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWire, and Yahoo! Finance.