Jose A. Torres
Managing Partner & Founder
Monllor Capital Partners
Jose A. Torres, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the managing partner and founder of Monllor Capital Partners LLC (“MCP”), a minority owned alternative asset management and advisory firm located in San Juan Puerto Rico since 2018.
MCP’s mission is to make and facilitate tax-advantaged investments in Puerto Rico. MCP, as General Partner, organized Puerto Rico Opportunity Zone Fund, LP (“PROZ”), a Qualified Opportunity Fund, in 2020 and recently launched Puerto Rico Opportunity Zone Fund II, LP (“PROZ II”). PROZ and PROZ II are investing in renewable energy, sustainable business, and infrastructure/real estate in opportunity zones throughout Puerto Rico to achieve socially sustainable impact investing that will help the environment, the economy, and the residents of Puerto Rico.
Mr. Torres is also the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of MasCap, LLC, a Puerto Rico private equity fund established in 2022, under Puerto Rico’s Act 60 Incentive Code. MasCap is focused on providing private debt and equity capital to real estate, infrastructure, and sustainable companies in Puerto Rico.
Prior to founding MCP, Mr. Torres worked for 13 years at Ares Management/Energy Investors Funds (“Ares EIF”) in San Francisco, CA, where he led the San Francisco office for the last 4 years. At Ares EIF, Mr. Torres was a partner in the Private Equity Energy Infrastructure Group and a member of its Investment Committee. His role included all aspects of origination, due diligence, negotiation, and execution of investments.
From 2003-2006, Mr. Torres held various positions at CoBank in Colorado, including vice president and head of structure finance group, where he was responsible for a $1 billion loan portfolio of non-recourse project finance transactions in the energy sector.
From 1993-2003, Mr. Torres also held various investment banking positions at ING Barings (Chile, Amsterdam, New York) and Société Generale (New York).
Mr. Torres holds a B.A. in Economics from The Colorado College and an International M.B.A from the American Graduate School of International Management (“Thunderbird”).
