Kevin (right) and Daniel (left) celebrating Renovo Financial’s success in its early days. Our story begins in 2011, at the Starbucks on Sheffield and Armitage in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. It’s here where Co-Founders Kevin Werner and Daniel Rosen met to discuss founding a new real estate investment company.

For Kevin Werner, the Founder and CEO of Renovo Financial, a career in real estate lending was a natural fit. A focused “self-educator” and avid reader, Werner’s early career was influenced by a variety of sales trainers, business coaches and Tony Robbins training seminars.

Kevin Werner was an Elk Grove high schooler when he began traveling downtown on weekends to his father's offices at Smith Rothchild Financial, a home improvement lender. "I was 17 years old and...

Now 20 years into his lending career, Werner has overseen direct lending companies that have provided more than $500 million in funding to thousands of Chicago-area new-construction and renovation projects. As the CEO of Renovo Financial, Werner services clients with a …

10 likes, 0 comments - nplaconference on December 11, 2023: "Kevin Werner, CEO of Renovo Financial, is based out of Chicago, IL, a nationwide lender in 15-20 states. During this interview in Austin, TX, Kevin discusses his old-school mentalities and how he still implements these patterns today in his everyday work and business.

Kevin Werner, CEO of Renovo Financial, is based out of Chicago, IL, a nationwide lender in 15-20 states. During this interview in Austin, TX, Kevin...

Kevin Werner is Co-Founder and CEO of Renovo Financial, a Chicago-based lender that has received numerous Top Workplace awards from Inc., the Chicago Tribune, and others. He is a finance and real estate entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience developing successful lending and real estate companies, of which Renovo is no exception.

In 2011, Granite Creek co-founded Renovo Financial, a residential real estate investment lender for entrepreneurs looking to rehab or build investment properties. Over the past decade Renovo has grown to become Chicago’s leading specialty real estate rehab and construction lender, rapidly expanding across the country with local lenders in ...

Renovo Financial's CEO/Co-Founder is Kevin Werner. Other executives include Daniel Rosen, Chief Lending Officer/Co-Founder; Dan McLaughlin, CFO and 33 others. See the full leadership team at Craft.