Kenneth Slaught serves as the founder and president of Investec Real Estate Companies. Since its inception in 1983, he has grown the firm into the largest real estate development and management company in Santa Barbara County, acquiring over three million square feet of apartment, office, retail, and self-storage properties along California’s coastline. Slaught’s company employs forty individuals, oversees more than $1 billion in assets, and is accredited by the Institute of Real Estate Management. Investec has also been a longtime member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
As President of Investec, Kenny Slaught had an instrumental role in establishing the firm’s investment strategies and policies, determining its asset class allocations and overseeing its business decisions. Under his visionary guidance, the firm has generated lucrative opportunities in times of highly varying financial markets, leading to Investec’s impeccable reputation in the property investment community.
A 1979 graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Slaught holds a degree in business and economics, as well as a certification from the California Contractors State License Board, and a California real estate broker’s license, which he obtained in 1979. Prior to forming Investec, he was a founding partner of the MKS Companies, a real estate development, property management, and mortgage brokerage firm.
In addition to his professional endeavors, Slaught, who has held leadership positions in many of Southern California’s nonprofit organizations. Currently, he is a board member of the UCSB Foundation; and formerly served on the board of the Santa Barbara Hospice Foundation. Slaught is a substantial supporter to the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation, and many local high schools.