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Michael Clinton

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Director of Acquisitions, Partner at MIDOS Development Group
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Michael is a real estate developer and hospitality operator with over 15 years of experience, currently serving as Director of Acquisitions at MIDOS Development. A graduate of Duke and Vanderbilt, he has structured over $1. 5B in transactions. Colleagues describe him as savvy, meticulous, and a cutting-edge thinker who always puts clients first.

Originally from Baltimore, Michael now resides in Los Angeles with his family. He is driven by a passion for telling the undertold stories of Black and Brown communities contributions to American history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, which inspired him to pursue graduate school.

He is the co-founder of The Redline Hotel in Venice, the only Black-owned beachfront hotel in the area, designed to reclaim and retell the history of a once-redlined neighborhood.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Director of Acquisitions, Partner
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Hospitality Innovation
He creates unique “museum guesthouse” concepts, like The Redline Hotel, that blend hospitality with historical storytelling to create purpose-driven properties and premium guest experiences.
Economic Empowerment
Aims to challenge the legacy of discriminatory redlining practices by creating Black-owned hospitality ventures and changing the narrative around minority ownership in the hotel industry.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Director of Acquisitions, Partner
MIDOS Development Group
2-2021
Co-Founder
The Redline Hotel Group
2-2011
Principal
Gauntlet Private Investments
11-2008 - 5-2012
Managing Director
Gauntlet Private Investments
Sr. Associate
Gauntlet Commercial Real Estate Capital
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Education
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Arts
Duke University
2005 - 2007
Master
Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management
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