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Zach Ware is the founder and managing partner of Freehouse Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on developing generational assets in select hard-to-access growth markets of the Upper Rockies.

Zach started at Zappos.com leading product and technology, then moved into real estate, where he led the $60M LEED Gold development of the company's 6.5-acre downtown Las Vegas HQ in the former Las Vegas City Hall. Around the same time, he co-founded Downtown Project with Tony Hsieh, a $500M urban redevelopment group that acquired 41 acres of downtown Las Vegas infill, including several multifamily and mixed-use developments such as The Container Park.

Alongside Downtown Project, he served as managing partner of VTF Capital, an early-stage venture fund with investments in SpaceX, Ring, Asana, and Zipline.

Ware is an active angel investor in health and consumer companies and a competitive hybrid athlete who splits time between Austin, Texas and Northwest Montana. At FCP he leads capital markets, asset management, investor partnerships, hospitality development, and entitlements.

Patrick Olson is a co-founder and partner at Freehouse Capital Partners, leading acquisitions, construction, land development, and workforce housing across the firm's Upper Rockies markets.

Patrick's real estate experience began at Zappos.com, where he served as Senior Manager of Campus Development for the $60M LEED Gold Zappos HQ, a 6.5-acre adaptive reuse of the former Las Vegas City Hall. He later led the complex entitlements and tax-advantaged structuring of Las Vegas multifamily projects, before becoming VP of Real Estate at Local Bounti, a Montana-based indoor agriculture company.

Earlier in his career, he was portfolio manager at VTF Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on e-commerce and technology with multiple $1B+ exits. He co-founded two startups and was an early member of Downtown Project, the $500M urban redevelopment effort in downtown Las Vegas.

Outside of work, Patrick can be found traveling, rock climbing, or chasing powder with his wife and twins.