Bio

Mr. Rybakoff is a Co-Founder of Akin Bay. He has led Akin Bay's transaction teams since 1993, spearheading the firm's client development, origination and execution efforts for over 100 transactions. From 2003-2006, he advised a large Chinese conglomerate, based in Hong Kong, China on several buy-side acquisitions. He spent the majority of 3 years living in Kowloon, China. From 1999-2001, Mr. Rybakoff was a co-founder, equity sponsor and CFO of Ceres Capital LLC. Ceres Capital LLC managed over $1 billion in capital before it was sold in 2002. From 1990-1992, Mr. Rybakoff was associated with a merchant bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, for several of Australia's largest conglomerates. During this period, he worked on merger & acquisition and financial advisory assignments for: Pacific Dunlop, Western Mining Ltd., GNB Batteries, Office Depot and Eastman Office Products. In 1990, Mr. Rybakoff was associated with R.D. Capital, Inc. / ADCO Group, Inc, New York City, a private equity hedge fund focused on acquiring distressed real estate. At R.D. Capital he advised on several large commercial real estate acquisitions. Mr. Rybakoff is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania /The Wharton School of Business. Mr. Rybakoff has served as a director of several private companies and a director for over 10 years of a public company.