Carrington McKinley Carter is a serial entrepreneur, real estate developer, private equity investor, and wealth strategist who is passionate about building businesses, economic empowerment, wealth creation, and uplifting the community.
He is Co-founder & General Partner of East Chop Capital, a private equity firm with over $20 million in assets under management. Its first two real estate funds are focused on the $114 billion global vacation rental market. Future investments will support companies in real estate, hospitality, technology, financial services, media, and sports.
Carrington is also Co-founder and President of McKinley Carter Enterprises, a real estate investment and property management company with a portfolio of residential and commercial properties. Under the Getaway Society brand, the company owns and manages a network of luxury vacation rental homes in Martha's Vineyard, Hilton Head, Gatlinburg, Orlando, Virginia Beach, the Pocono Mountains, and Broken Bow (Oklahoma).
Carrington and his companies have been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, Cheddar TV, New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Black Enterprise, Essence, Ebony, Rolling Out, Authority Magazine/Medium, Heart and Soul, SHOPPE BLACK, the Columbus Dispatch, and Savoy Magazine.
Prior to running these businesses full-time, Carrington worked for 10 years in pharmaceutical marketing at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Laboratories, and inVentiv Health (now Syneos Health). Throughout his corporate career, he successfully marketed products in various stages of their life cycle, across therapeutic areas including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, antibiotics, and oncology. He gained significant experience working with diverse teams, matrix organizations, multimillion-dollar budgets, and billion-dollar brands.
In the community, he is active in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc. Carrington graduated from Hampton University with a BS in Chemistry. He also earned an MBA in Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh. He enjoys reading, exercising, mentoring, traveling, and has been an avid investor for nearly 20 years. Carrington and his wonderful wife Kia reside in Columbus, OH.
