Green Belt Bank & Trust

James J. Hohmann, Chairman & CEO, oversees all investment and lending decisions. The bank's board includes Hohmann family members, which keeps investment authority concentrated (public record).

The firm sources deals through its community-bank network in the Midwest and Southeast, often originating loans directly to local developers and businesses that larger banks overlook. It also co-invests alongside regional private equity firms and real estate operators (public record).

It operates as both — a federally chartered community bank that functions as the Hohmann family's single-family office. The FDIC-regulated charter gives it deposit-taking and direct lending capabilities that a pure family office lacks (public record).

The firm exclusively does direct lending and co-investments; it does not commit to third-party funds. This allows it to control underwriting and hold assets on its balance sheet (public record).

The firm targets lower-middle market, growth-stage companies and real estate development projects, typically providing senior secured loans, mezzanine debt, or preferred equity. It does not invest in early-stage venture capital (public record).

The firm avoids public equities, hedge funds, technology startups, and speculative oil & gas. It focuses on asset-backed, cash-flow-generating opportunities in real estate, private credit, infrastructure, and renewables (public record).

The wealth originates from the Hohmann family's banking and financial-services business, built over multiple generations in Iowa. The bank's retained earnings and the family's equity in the bank form the capital base for investments (public record).