Ryan Millsap

Ryan Millsap is the Chairman & CEO of Blackhall Studios and the Founder and CEO of Irinda Capital Management, LLC, which is transitioning to Blackhall Capital. In his role as Chairman at Blackhall, Ryan oversees the long and short term strategy of the studios, staying involved on a daily basis to provide leadership and direction for the company and its assets. Blackhall's production clients include Disney, Sony, Warner Brothers, Universal, Lionsgate, Legendary, Paramount, and HBO. "Venom", "Jungle Cruise", "Dr. Sleep", and "Jumanji" have all been filmed at Blackhall. Ryan has played a principal level role in the capitalization, acquisition, and management of more than $1.2B in real estate assets, including more than 12,000 apartments in cities across the nation from Savannah to Los Angeles, and numerous other real estate ventures including opportunistic investments in raw land entitlements, retail, office, and industrial. Since 2008, his companies have acquired $800MM in real estate assets, primarily via arranging joint venture arrangements with several prominent pension fund advisors, university endowments and a publicly traded REIT. Ryan is the Chairman of Advance DeKalb, serves on the board of the Aerotropolis Alliance, and is on the board of the Metro South CID. He frequently gives keynote addresses on the entertainment industry and real estate investing, and speaks on expert panels for entertainment, real estate, and private equity industry events in Georgia, Southern California and New York. Ryan holds a Master of Real Estate Development degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Literature from Biola University. He spent one year of his undergraduate education as a visiting student in Philosophy and Literature at Oxford University in England. Ryan is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) where he was a professor for seven years. He is a licensed Georgia Real Estate Broker and a member of the USC LUSK Center for Real Estate Alumni Association.