Our Team

Mike Depatie is a co-founder and Founding Partner of KHP Capital Partners. Previously, Mike served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants and was also a member of Kimpton’s Board of Directors from 2003 to January 2015. Under Mike’s leadership, Kimpton tripled its system revenues to become the world’s largest developer and operator of boutique hotels and was named to FORTUNE magazine’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For six times, ranking 11th in 2015. Kimpton was also named by JD Power as the #1 hotel brand in Customer Satisfaction for North American Upper Upscale Hotels in both 2013 and 2014.

Prior to joining Kimpton as President of Real Estate, Mike served as Chief Financial Officer of NYSE-listed La Quinta and Sunterra Corporation. Mike also co-founded Summerfield Suites, which was sold to Patriot American Corporation and subsequently to Hyatt. Before joining the founding team of Summerfield Suites, he served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Development with the Residence Inn Company until its sale to Marriott in 1987. Mike began his career with Trammell Crow Company.

Mike holds an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mike serves on the advisory boards of RocketSpace (a privately held technology company incubator), Autocamp (a luxury “glamping” company), C.J.Segerstrom & Sons (a Southern California based family owned retail real estate ownership company), DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and the New Millennium School. Mike is also a Trustee for the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco.

Joe Long is a co-founder and Managing Partner of KHP Capital Partners, with direct responsibility for acquisitions and property development/redevelopment.

Previously, Joe served as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants from 2003 to January 2015. In this role he had leadership responsibility for all acquisitions for the KHP Funds, management contracts, joint ventures, design and construction. During this period, Kimpton more than doubled in size in terms of numbers of properties, with its value increasing more than six-fold from $65 million to $430 million upon the Company’s sale to a subsidiary of InterContinental Hotels Group (“IHG”) in January 2015.

Prior to Kimpton, Joe was Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide where he was responsible for all acquisitions and management contract development for North America for all brands. Prior to that, Joe worked with LaSalle Partners where he was part of the team that started the LaSalle Hotel Group which ultimately became the publicly traded REIT LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO). During the 1980’s and early 1990’s, Joe spent eight years with Metric Realty, a large institutional owner of hotels, holding roles with responsibility for asset management and acquisitions. He began his career with Laventhol & Horwath in Philadelphia.

Joe holds a B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.

Ben Rowe is a co-founder and Managing Partner of KHP Capital Partners, with direct responsibility for asset management, finance, capital raising and investor relations.

Previously, Ben served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants from 2008 to January 2015. In this role, he oversaw asset management as well as the finance and accounting function for both Kimpton and the real estate investments of the KHP Funds. Ben’s responsibilities included securing debt and equity capital, owned asset management, financial reporting, risk management, tax and treasury management, and information technology. Prior to being promoted to CFO in 2008, Ben served as Kimpton’s Senior Vice President, Treasurer. Ben was originally appointed Director of Corporate Finance and Development in the fall of 2003, and was promoted to Vice President, Treasurer in 2005.

From 1999 to 2002 Ben served as the Chief Financial Officer of Leirum, a restaurant and entertainment group. Ben began his professional career as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney in New York City, focusing on capital raising and strategic advisory work for the lodging and gaming industries.

Ben holds a B.S. with Distinction from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, where he majored in hospitality finance. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ben serves on the Board of Directors of TrueGreece, a privately held Greek and Mediterranean focused luxury travel company, and the National Board of Directors of Spark, a nonprofit youth mentoring organization.