Robert Heller is co-founder and CEO of Spectrum Gaming Capital with over 40 years’ experience in investment banking for land-based and digital gaming companies and resort development, having initiated over $50 billion in debt and equity financings.
Heller joined Spectrum from UBS Investment Bank, where he coordinated the bank’s global gaming franchise. Previously, he founded Heller Gaming & Leisure, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in casinos, hotels and resorts.
From 2004 to 2006, he served as founding President and CFO of Bahamar Resorts, Ltd., overseeing a 2,000-room resort complex in Nassau, Bahamas that evolved into a $3 billion redevelopment project. He coordinated land assemblage, acquisitions, government negotiations, joint ventures, and raised nearly $500 million in initial financings.
Heller spent 23 years in bulge-bracket investment banking as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Salomon Brothers specializing in gaming, lodging and leisure transactions. A graduate of the City University of New York, Heller began his career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse & Company. He is a frequent speaker at gaming, lottery, and sports industry conferences, globally. He formerly served on the boards of London Exchange–listed Dolphin Capital Investors and the American Gaming Association, and has lectured at the NYU Real Estate Institute and Cornell Hotel School.