Jon Love

Jon Love is the Executive Chair and Founder of KingSett Capital, Canada’s leading private equity real estate investment firm. Founded in 2002, KingSett Capital is a Canadian private equity real estate investment business which creates and co-invests in real estate investment solutions to deliver sustainable premium risk weighted returns. KingSett manages $18 billion in assets across its Growth, Income, Urban, Mortgage, Residential Development and Affordable Housing strategies.

Jon began his real estate career with Oxford Properties in 1980, becoming President in 1987 and CEO in 1992. Jon led Oxford’s initial public offering in 1995 and oversaw $7 billion in acquisitions over the ensuing six years. Oxford was acquired by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) in 2001 in a $4 billion privatization.

Jon is a member of the Business Council of Canada, the Chief Executives Organization, and Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). Jon is also an Emeritus Advisory Board member at Western University’s Ivey Business School, where he received an Honours degree in Business Administration. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Western University in 2016 and became a member of the Order of Canada (C.M.) in 2018. Jon received the Ivey Business Leader of the Year Award and the NAIOP Rex Icon Award in 2023. In 2024, Jon received the Fraser Institutes’ Founders Award and was honoured at the Spirit of Hope Gala.