Malcolm Johnson leads JPMorgan’s efforts in covering institutional real estate companies in Southern California. Johnson oversees a portfolio that includes some of the largest real estate development companies and fund managers on the West Coast. Johnson serves on JPMorgan’s Los Angeles Market Leadership Team, the Executive Committee at the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate and the NAIOP board.
Prior to joining JPMorgan, Johnson was a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he underwrote and arranged over $2B in financings for a number of prominent Los Angeles-based commercial real estate companies. Johnson previously worked as an internal consultant for PNC Financial Services Group while completing his MBA studies. At PNC, Johnson focused on the launch of the company’s residential mortgage division.
Johnson played professional football from 1999 – 2003. His NFL career included stints with the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Johnson earned his MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and his BBA from the University of Notre Dame. He has been a guest lecturer for The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, the New York Giants and numerous schools and non-profit organizations in South LA and his native Washington, DC. Charities that Johnson supports include The Fellowship Initiative and The Brotherhood Crusade. Johnson is a founding parent at The City School, an advisor to the board of the Crenshaw Family YMCA and is a member of the Gonzaga College High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Johnson resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their three children.