Aldel Property is a family-owned Real Estate investment business, founded by brothers Robert and Rodd Kauffman.
Our focus is on owning and managing quality residential, multifamily and mobile home parks primarily in the Northeast region.
Our mission is to provide quality living at a reasonable price.
For more information, please email: info@AldelProperty.com and we will respond to your inquiry promptly.
Mr. Kauffman was a co-founder, principal and member of the board of directors of Fortress Investment Group LLC, an alternate asset management firm, from its founding in 1998 until 2012. During his tenure at the firm, Mr. Kauffman served as a member of Fortress’s management committee and was responsible for the management of Fortress’s European private equity investment operations primarily focused on distressed debt, real estate and asset based/financial services businesses. Prior to co-founding Fortress, Mr. Kauffman was a managing director of UBS from 1997 to 1998, and prior to that a principal at BlackRock Financial Management Inc.
Since his departure from Fortress in 2012, Mr. Kauffman has brought his extensive business experience to a variety of private investments, including a non-controlling stake in Hagerty Inc, a leading collector car insurance company based in Traverse City, Michigan. Mr. Kauffman also has significant interests in professional auto racing and international collector car markets.
Mr. Kauffman is on the Board of Directors of Hagerty Insurance and an advisory board member of McLaren Racing, a leading UK based Formula1 racing team. Mr. Kauffman is currently the chairman of the Race Team Alliance, an association of NASCAR Cup Series teams; the co-owner of Chip Ganassi Racing, an American racing team active in the IndyCar and NASCAR race series; and the owner of RK Motors, a leading restorer, reseller and provider of classic cars and Speed Digital, a SaaS business focused on the collector car market. Mr. Kauffman is also an investor and advisory board member of Off-the-Chain Capital, a cryptocurrency focused hedge fund.
Rodd Kauffman brings the experience of a 25 year career in the financial industry. Recently he was Head of Fixed Income Trading at Haitong International Securities where he specialized in corporate and sovereign debt in the US and emerging markets.
Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Gramercy Advisors where he was a Partner and head of global trade execution and hedging for fixed income products (corporate, sovereign, credit default swaps, foreign exchange). Additionally, Mr. Kauffman was a senior member of the Investment Committee, the Management Committee, and the Asset Allocation Committee.
From 1998-2001, Mr. Kauffman worked at Deutsche Bank as Vice President where he managed a $4 billion emerging markets repo portfolio. His work positioned Deutsche Bank as a premier player in emerging markets repo primarily in Latin American and Eastern European debt. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Kauffman was an Associate at Lehman Brothers on the emerging markets sales and trading desk.
Educated at Alfred University, where he earned his BA degree in Economics, he also studied at Oxford University in England. He was an Academic All-American lacrosse player and spent time playing for Team USA. His hobbies include fishing, real estate investing, crypto currency, tennis, and skiing.
Rodd has always had an affinity for real estate and has owned, managed and invested in properties in New York and Florida.
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