Barry Chien

Barry Chien is the Chief Investment Officer of Impex Capital Group, a Houston-based single family office focused on real estate and private equity. With more than 15 years of investment experience across the U.S. and Asia, Barry has executed full-lifecycle transactions spanning origination, underwriting, structuring, execution, and post-investment portfolio monitoring.

Barry has completed over $300 million in direct real estate transactions, including residential, hospitality, multifamily, and data-center projects. His track record includes leading a $204M condominium development in Seattle, financing a $30M value-add data center in Houston, and closing a $53M Canopy by Hilton office-to-hotel conversion, among other U.S. and international projects.

In addition to his direct deals, Barry previously invested on behalf of institutional investors, U.S. public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and global family offices, completing over $500 million in private equity fund allocations to top-performing managers across North America and Asia. He has deep experience conducting diligence on 50+ projects and fund managers, negotiating joint ventures, and managing cross-border investment teams.

Barry’s career includes leadership roles at Iozera.ai, Suma Monde Kapital Partners, Alphatron Capital, and Greentown Overseas Real Estate. He began his career in the PE Fund of Funds at Deutsche Bank & Jade Invest.

Barry holds an MBA from the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of Business.