Joe is a Partner of Hillhouse and Co-Head of Real Assets – Rava Partners. Prior to joining Hillhouse, he was managing director and partner at Warburg Pincus from 2005 to 2020, leading its real estate business in Asia as co-head from 2008 to 2012 and sole head from 2012 to 2020. Prior to Warburg Pincus, Mr. Gagnon worked for General Electric Capital, where he served as a manager of business development with GE Real Estate in Tokyo. Joe graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.S. in Mathematical Economics.
Joe is recently married, but still gets to keep his long hair – both of which are evidence of his negotiating skills.