Ariel Milo
Ariel Milo ’03GS is Head of Capital Markets at Captona, a New York based energy transition company. He oversees the company's activity with global institutional investors. Prior to that, Milo was a managing director at CIM Group, a US firm specializing in real estate and infrastructure investments, and head of capital markets at Azrieli Group, a real estate and datacenter company. Milo started his post-MBA career at Credit Suisse, as a member of the Real Estate Finance and Alternative Investments groups.
Originally from Israel, when Milo looked into enrolling in college in the U.S., he found Columbia and was referred to the School of General Studies. While a student at GS, Milo worked full-time, which is when he met his wife, Keren, who subsequently enrolled at GS, and they were able to graduate in the same year. After Columbia, Milo enrolled in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate. Milo served for two terms on Columbia's Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee and was its chairman for the 2018-2020 term. He has served on the School of General Studies Board of Visitors since 2018. Milo and his wife, Professor Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean of Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, reside on the Upper West Side with their two children.